Reuters
Older siblings are smarter
Look Who's Talking at the Drive-Through
McDonald's Corp. wants to outsource your neighborhood drive-through. The world's largest fast-food chain said on Thursday it is looking into using remote call centers to take customer orders in an effort to improve service at its drive-throughs.
NY Times Magazine
Breaking Away
History may be linear, but the author's memory — of his parents' troubled marriage, of freeing himself from entanglements and of his start at The New York Times — runs in loops.
A First Draft of History? Call the rewrite man!
by Bret Stephens
WSJ Editorial
The Gerrymander Gauntlet
Gov. Schwarzenegger tries to abolish "ribbons of shame."
NY Times
Cross Selling
A youth-focused religious brand finds a place in a pop-culture temple — the mall.
WSJ
For Finicky Drinkers, Water From the Tap Isn't Tasty Enough
Jason Finds a Mountain RiverWith Liquid He Likes; Dixie and Pepper Agree
Welcome to Canada
The Great White Waste of Time.
by Matt Labash
"I Don't Do Carrots"
The big-stick diplomacy of Bush's nominee for U.N. ambassador.
by Stephen F. Hayes
W. Times
2008 run, abortion engage her politically
A Look Back
by Victor Davis Hanson
Meanwhile, Back in Baghdad
by Dan Senor
Don't wobble, Mr. President
by Caroline B. Glick
Common wisdom has it that until Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah launched Tuesday's pro-Syrian demonstration in Beirut, his terror organization had been more or less on the fence regarding its position on Syria's occupation of Lebanon.
Saturday Night Lite
by David Brooks
Inside Report: Jeb For Veep?
by Robert Novak
Kerry Loves the Mainstream Media
by P.J. O'Rourke
More optimism
Feeding the wave
by David Warren
Hope now a widespread reality
Lifetime achievements for Hall of Fame
by Jayson Stark
Sporting News
Smoltz believes he has plenty of innings left
Dennis Eckersley can't even fathom what John Smoltz is doing, returning to starting pitching after achieving success as a closer. "God, no," Eckersley says. "It's beyond me." Photo Galleries... Spring training Spring training fans If anyone can pull this off, it's Smoltz, but let no one mistake the enormity of his task. Smoltz turns 38 in May. He has endured four elbow operations. And he hasn't started regularly since 1999.
U2 Concert Tix On Sale This Weekend and following
Sep. 20 Chicago, United Center
Sep. 21 Chicago, United Center
Oct. 03 Boston, Fleet Center
Oct. 04 Boston, Fleet Center
Oct. 07 New York, Madison Square Garden
Oct. 08 New York, Madison Square Garden
Oct. 10 New York, Madison Square Garden
Oct. 16 Philadelphia, Wachovia Center
Oct. 17 Philadelphia, Wachovia Center
Oct. 19 Washington, DC MCI Center
Oct. 20 Washington, DC MCI Center
Oct. 24 Detroit, Palace of Auburn Hills
Oct. 28 Houston, Toyota Center
Oct. 29 Dallas, American Airlines Center
Nov. 01 Los Angeles, Staples Center
Nov. 02 Los Angeles, Staples Center
Nov. 16 Tampa, St. Pete Times Forum
Nov. 18 Atlanta, Philips Arena
Dec. 19 Portland, Rose Garden
U2 Concert Tix On Sale Next Weekend and following
Sep. 12 Toronto, Air Canada Centre
Sep. 14 Toronto, Air Canada Centre
Sep. 23 Minneapolis, Target Center
Sep. 25 Milwaukee, Bradley Center
Oct. 22 Pittsburgh, Mellon Arena
Nov. 13 Miami, American Airlines Arena
Nov. 25 Ottawa, Corel Centre
Nov. 26 Montreal, Bell Centre
Dec. 17 Salt Lake City, Delta Center
Dec. 07 Hartford, Civic Center
Dec. 09 Buffalo, HSBC Arena
Dec. 10 Cleveland, Gund Arena
Dec. 14 St. Louis, Savvis Center
Dec. 15 Omaha, Qwest Center
Saturday, March 12, 2005
Friday, March 11, 2005
articles 3/11
NewsFactor
Why Women Leave I.T.
Women represent nearly half the workers in the U.S. -- 46.6 percent. However, they always have been underrepresented in I.T. Even more discouraging is the fact that the percentage of women working in I.T. jobs is not growing but dropping. That is bad news indeed for employers seeking hard-to-find technical candidates and the women who might otherwise fill those well-paying jobs.
WSJ
Trophy Overload
An award just for showing up? Sorry, kid: Sports teams are getting tough. Nancy Ann Jeffrey on trophy backlash -- and how it's playing out with families.
WSJ Editorial
Virtually Home Alone
Why don't parents control their kids' media consumption?
WSJ
Seven Types of Ambiguity
Why do Americans loathe Jacko? Because he is deeply fuzzy.
by Tunku Varadarajan
WSJ Editorial
Rendering Al Qaeda
So how is the CIA supposed to squeeze terrorists?
Thinking of Jackasses
The grand delusions of the Democratic Party
by Marc Cooper
Reuters
Bono Not in Running for World Bank-Lobby Group
ESPN.com
Q&A: Congress, Steroids and Baseball
The Economist
The Neo-Conservatives Rise Again
Will George Bush's Legacy Be a Democratic Majority?
by Carroll Andrew Morse
Will President Bush's small-d democratization efforts help build a majority for the large-D Democratic party?
Syria, Leaving with a Bang?
by Olivier Guitta
Why verbal support for the courageous Lebanese opposition might not be enough...
On the Edge of Innovation
by Dominic Basulto
The pace of innovation does not have to be dependent on federal government dollars flowing to centralized research...
Marxism of the Right?
by Max Borders
Does libertarianism unleash "sadomasochism" and other caligulan horrors?
Thou Shalt Not Create
by Charles Krauthammer
Lebanon's Next Steps
by David Ignatius
W. Post
Blogging Clicking With Colleges
Blogs are now morphing into the next big thing on campus: wikis.
Neverland is online too
by Rebecca Hagelin
The bottom line is, just like the parents who gleefully sent their kids to sleepovers at Neverland and never bothered to ask too many questions, most parents would rather ignore what their kids are doing online. The mindset is the same.
Danny, ye hardly knew ye
by Jonah Goldberg
In a perfect world, Dan Rather would have left his CBS News studio, and with his crowd of well-wishers and supporters in tow, walked up to the roof of CBS headquarters to board a helicopter to whisk him away from the national stage.
NY Sun
Clinton Presidential Bid Bolstered by Appointment of Ickes
The Beirut Wall Isn't Falling
Why Berlin 1989 isn't the right analogy for today's Middle East.
By Fred Kaplan
W. Post
Americans Treated Yushchenko
Secret team of doctors helped find dioxin poisoning after family requested help.
Good riddance to Rather
by Thomas Sowell
Ordinarily, the retirement of a TV newsman would be something to be more or less passed over in silence by friend and foe alike.
St. Petersburg Times
Bumper sticker evokes road rage
Her Bush-Cheney sticker sent him into a tirade that led to a dangerous car chase through the streets of Tampa.
Baseball under siege
by Marvin Olasky
Baseball needs to put the steroids era behind it by having and enforcing tough rules against all kinds of artificial advantages, so that spring can return.
The Beuruit Tea-Party
by Thomas Freidman
Why Women Leave I.T.
Women represent nearly half the workers in the U.S. -- 46.6 percent. However, they always have been underrepresented in I.T. Even more discouraging is the fact that the percentage of women working in I.T. jobs is not growing but dropping. That is bad news indeed for employers seeking hard-to-find technical candidates and the women who might otherwise fill those well-paying jobs.
WSJ
Trophy Overload
An award just for showing up? Sorry, kid: Sports teams are getting tough. Nancy Ann Jeffrey on trophy backlash -- and how it's playing out with families.
WSJ Editorial
Virtually Home Alone
Why don't parents control their kids' media consumption?
WSJ
Seven Types of Ambiguity
Why do Americans loathe Jacko? Because he is deeply fuzzy.
by Tunku Varadarajan
WSJ Editorial
Rendering Al Qaeda
So how is the CIA supposed to squeeze terrorists?
Thinking of Jackasses
The grand delusions of the Democratic Party
by Marc Cooper
Reuters
Bono Not in Running for World Bank-Lobby Group
ESPN.com
Q&A: Congress, Steroids and Baseball
The Economist
The Neo-Conservatives Rise Again
Will George Bush's Legacy Be a Democratic Majority?
by Carroll Andrew Morse
Will President Bush's small-d democratization efforts help build a majority for the large-D Democratic party?
Syria, Leaving with a Bang?
by Olivier Guitta
Why verbal support for the courageous Lebanese opposition might not be enough...
On the Edge of Innovation
by Dominic Basulto
The pace of innovation does not have to be dependent on federal government dollars flowing to centralized research...
Marxism of the Right?
by Max Borders
Does libertarianism unleash "sadomasochism" and other caligulan horrors?
Thou Shalt Not Create
by Charles Krauthammer
Lebanon's Next Steps
by David Ignatius
W. Post
Blogging Clicking With Colleges
Blogs are now morphing into the next big thing on campus: wikis.
Neverland is online too
by Rebecca Hagelin
The bottom line is, just like the parents who gleefully sent their kids to sleepovers at Neverland and never bothered to ask too many questions, most parents would rather ignore what their kids are doing online. The mindset is the same.
Danny, ye hardly knew ye
by Jonah Goldberg
In a perfect world, Dan Rather would have left his CBS News studio, and with his crowd of well-wishers and supporters in tow, walked up to the roof of CBS headquarters to board a helicopter to whisk him away from the national stage.
NY Sun
Clinton Presidential Bid Bolstered by Appointment of Ickes
The Beirut Wall Isn't Falling
Why Berlin 1989 isn't the right analogy for today's Middle East.
By Fred Kaplan
W. Post
Americans Treated Yushchenko
Secret team of doctors helped find dioxin poisoning after family requested help.
Good riddance to Rather
by Thomas Sowell
Ordinarily, the retirement of a TV newsman would be something to be more or less passed over in silence by friend and foe alike.
St. Petersburg Times
Bumper sticker evokes road rage
Her Bush-Cheney sticker sent him into a tirade that led to a dangerous car chase through the streets of Tampa.
Baseball under siege
by Marvin Olasky
Baseball needs to put the steroids era behind it by having and enforcing tough rules against all kinds of artificial advantages, so that spring can return.
The Beuruit Tea-Party
by Thomas Freidman
Thursday, March 10, 2005
articles 3/10
NY Times
Data Lacking on Iran's Arms, U.S. Panel Says
NY Times
When Torment Is Baby's Destiny, Euthanasia Is Defended
Babies born into what is certain to be a brief life of grievous suffering should have their lives ended, according to two Dutch doctors.
Surprised?
by Pejman Yousefzadeh
The incipient spread of democracy in the Middle East may be many things. "Surprising" is not one of them.
The Science Behind Common Sense
by S.T. Karnick
Can things be true even if we can't prove them?
Must-see TV, and much ado about ... what?
by Jayson Stark
Who Is a Journalist?
Anybody who wants to be.
By Jacob Weisberg
Social Security crossroads
by Robert Novak
Sen. Robert Bennett, the chief deputy majority whip and one of the wisest Republican heads in Washington, has quietly entered the Social Security maelstrom with a thoughtful compromise that puts his party at a crossroads.
The Civil Rights Commission
by George Will
In contemporary American politics, as in earlier forms of vaudeville, it helps to have had an easy act to follow. Gerald Reynolds certainly did.
The advance of freedom
by Cal Thomas
President Bush's speech to the National Defense University in Virginia Tuesday was a first-rate definition of what freedom means to the West.
Defense Begins at Home
Freedom may be on the march, but America is still vulnerable to attack.
by Peggy Noonan
Wrong from the Beginning
Even in 1963, Dan Rather was a poor excuse for a newsman.
by Philip Chalk
High noon for judges: Part III
by Thomas Sowell
People who complain about the frivolous lawsuits that have outraged some and ruined others financially need to connect the dots to the present Senate controversy over the confirmation of federal judges.
Data Lacking on Iran's Arms, U.S. Panel Says
NY Times
When Torment Is Baby's Destiny, Euthanasia Is Defended
Babies born into what is certain to be a brief life of grievous suffering should have their lives ended, according to two Dutch doctors.
Surprised?
by Pejman Yousefzadeh
The incipient spread of democracy in the Middle East may be many things. "Surprising" is not one of them.
The Science Behind Common Sense
by S.T. Karnick
Can things be true even if we can't prove them?
Must-see TV, and much ado about ... what?
by Jayson Stark
Who Is a Journalist?
Anybody who wants to be.
By Jacob Weisberg
Social Security crossroads
by Robert Novak
Sen. Robert Bennett, the chief deputy majority whip and one of the wisest Republican heads in Washington, has quietly entered the Social Security maelstrom with a thoughtful compromise that puts his party at a crossroads.
The Civil Rights Commission
by George Will
In contemporary American politics, as in earlier forms of vaudeville, it helps to have had an easy act to follow. Gerald Reynolds certainly did.
The advance of freedom
by Cal Thomas
President Bush's speech to the National Defense University in Virginia Tuesday was a first-rate definition of what freedom means to the West.
Defense Begins at Home
Freedom may be on the march, but America is still vulnerable to attack.
by Peggy Noonan
Wrong from the Beginning
Even in 1963, Dan Rather was a poor excuse for a newsman.
by Philip Chalk
High noon for judges: Part III
by Thomas Sowell
People who complain about the frivolous lawsuits that have outraged some and ruined others financially need to connect the dots to the present Senate controversy over the confirmation of federal judges.
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
articles 3/9
Atlantic Monthly
Inside Out
Why it's so hard to infiltrate al-Qaeda
Saigon's Sharansky
Will Vietnam be the next Iraq?
by Claudia Rosett
The Overclass Under Duress
Ross Douthat has written a flawed but lyrical Harvard memoir.
by Noah Oppenheim
We Need Spy Blogs
An Army officer calls for better information gathering.
By Kris Alexander
The Real Myth of Motherhood
Reconsidering the maternal memoir-cum-manifesto.
By Ann Hulbert
Atlantic Monthly
The Air America Plan
Liberal talk radio is off the ground. Will the electorate turn blue, or just red in the face?
Getting Out Right
Warnings from many experts went unheeded before we entered Iraq. Let's listen as we prepare to "shape the exit"
by James Fallows
President Discusses War on Terror
National Defense University
Fort Lesley J. McNair
Democrats fall on the ball
by Tony Blankley
Partisan politics in Washington this season are getting interesting, as a few Democrats are cautiously beginning to challenge their leadership's strategy of total opposition to major Bush initiatives.
High noon for judges: Part II
by Thomas Sowell
One of the big confusions in the impending Senate fight over the confirmation of judicial nominees is that this is an issue about 'liberal' judges versus 'conservative' judges.
More Social Security deceit
by Walter E. Williams
A fortnight ago, I explained some of the congressional deceit that has become part and parcel of Social Security.
Upholding Kennedy's brain
by Jonah Goldberg
Imagine you were asked to protect, uphold and defend the framfra of the United States of America. Or ask yourself, What if you were appointed to faithfully execute the queenestray of the land?
Seeking sanity on Planet Massachusetts
by Kathleen Parker
There was a time not so long ago when a sane person could say, 'Children need a mom and a dad,' and the townspeople would yawn, roll their eyes and wonder why some folks insist on sharing such prosaic insights.
RealClearPolitics.com
The Arab Street Rises - With Women
Inside Out
Why it's so hard to infiltrate al-Qaeda
Saigon's Sharansky
Will Vietnam be the next Iraq?
by Claudia Rosett
The Overclass Under Duress
Ross Douthat has written a flawed but lyrical Harvard memoir.
by Noah Oppenheim
We Need Spy Blogs
An Army officer calls for better information gathering.
By Kris Alexander
The Real Myth of Motherhood
Reconsidering the maternal memoir-cum-manifesto.
By Ann Hulbert
Atlantic Monthly
The Air America Plan
Liberal talk radio is off the ground. Will the electorate turn blue, or just red in the face?
Getting Out Right
Warnings from many experts went unheeded before we entered Iraq. Let's listen as we prepare to "shape the exit"
by James Fallows
President Discusses War on Terror
National Defense University
Fort Lesley J. McNair
Democrats fall on the ball
by Tony Blankley
Partisan politics in Washington this season are getting interesting, as a few Democrats are cautiously beginning to challenge their leadership's strategy of total opposition to major Bush initiatives.
High noon for judges: Part II
by Thomas Sowell
One of the big confusions in the impending Senate fight over the confirmation of judicial nominees is that this is an issue about 'liberal' judges versus 'conservative' judges.
More Social Security deceit
by Walter E. Williams
A fortnight ago, I explained some of the congressional deceit that has become part and parcel of Social Security.
Upholding Kennedy's brain
by Jonah Goldberg
Imagine you were asked to protect, uphold and defend the framfra of the United States of America. Or ask yourself, What if you were appointed to faithfully execute the queenestray of the land?
Seeking sanity on Planet Massachusetts
by Kathleen Parker
There was a time not so long ago when a sane person could say, 'Children need a mom and a dad,' and the townspeople would yawn, roll their eyes and wonder why some folks insist on sharing such prosaic insights.
RealClearPolitics.com
The Arab Street Rises - With Women
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Giving Wolfowitz His Due
By David Brooks
March 8, 2005
Let us now praise Paul Wolfowitz. Let us now take another look at the man who has pursued - longer and more forcefully than almost anyone else - the supposedly utopian notion that people across the Muslim world might actually hunger for freedom.
Let us look again at the man who's been vilified by Michael Moore and the rest of the infantile left, who's been condescended to by the people who consider themselves foreign policy grown-ups, and who has become the focus of much anti-Semitism in the world today - the center of a zillion Zionist conspiracy theories, and a hundred zillion clever-Jew-behind-the-scenes calumnies.
It's not necessary to absolve Wolfowitz of all sin or to neglect the postwar screw-ups in Iraq. Historians will figure out who was responsible for what, and Wolfowitz will probably come in for his share of the blame. But with political earthquakes now shaking the Arab world, it's time to step back and observe that over the course of his long career - in the Philippines, in Indonesia, in Central and Eastern Europe, and now in the Middle East - Wolfowitz has always been an ardent champion of freedom. And he has usually played a useful supporting role in making sure that pragmatic, democracy-promoting policies were put in place.
If the trends of the last few months continue, Wolfowitz will be the subject of fascinating biographies decades from now, while many of his smuggest critics will be forgotten. Those biographies will mention not only his intellectual commitment but also his personal commitment, his years spent learning the languages of the places that concerned him, and the thousands of hours spent listening deferentially to the local heroes who led the causes he supported.
To praise Wolfowitz is not triumphalism. The difficulties ahead are obvious. It's simple justice. It's a recognition that amid all the legitimate criticism, this guy has been the subject of a vicious piling-on campaign by people who know less than nothing about what is actually going on in the government, while he, in the core belief that has energized his work, may turn out to be right.
I've had only two long conversations with Wolfowitz. The second was the day after the Iraqi vote. I figured that would be an interesting day to get a sense of his mood.
He wasn't nearly as exuberant as I expected him to be, in part because, like everybody in government, he's busy with the constant flow of decisions. He said he spent 75 percent of his time on the Pentagon's budget and administration.
He deflected all my Oprahesque attempts to get him to open up and describe what it's felt like to be him for the past few years. Our tissues remained dry.
But he was eager to think ahead. "It's fascinating how many echoes this is going to have," he said. "The Iraqi election is an inspiration. It's going to be a real challenge to all absolute rulers."
He went on to suggest that American democracy-promotion could now get back onto its preferred course. Iraq, he said, was the outlier. "Iraq is exceptional because of the use of the U.S. military," he observed.
Normally, the U.S. plays the supporting role. For example, Americans can usefully raise the profile of dissidents so dictators feel less inclined to kill them. Wolfowitz was the first U.S. official to meet with Corazón Aquino. The U.S. can use its access to dictators to pressure and annoy them. Wolfowitz worked with George Shultz in the testy exchanges with Ronald Reagan, who was less inclined to ease Ferdinand Marcos out the door.
The U.S. can spark debates, but it cannot conduct them. When he was ambassador to Indonesia, Wolfowitz gave a speech calling for political "openness." He was careful not to use the words "freedom" or "democracy" because under Suharto, Indonesians might have felt inhibited about talking in such bold terms. But they were comfortable with openness, and it became the subject of magazine cover stories and a great national discussion.
Wolfowitz doesn't talk like those foreign policy blowhards who think the world is run by chessmasters sitting around at summits. He talks about national poets, national cultures and the power of people to bring sweeping change. His faith in people probably led to some of the mistakes in Iraq. But with change burbling in Beirut, with many young people proudly hoisting the Lebanese flag (in a country that was once a symbol of tribal factionalism), it's time to take a look at this guy again.
E-mail: dabrooks@nytimes.com
March 8, 2005
Let us now praise Paul Wolfowitz. Let us now take another look at the man who has pursued - longer and more forcefully than almost anyone else - the supposedly utopian notion that people across the Muslim world might actually hunger for freedom.
Let us look again at the man who's been vilified by Michael Moore and the rest of the infantile left, who's been condescended to by the people who consider themselves foreign policy grown-ups, and who has become the focus of much anti-Semitism in the world today - the center of a zillion Zionist conspiracy theories, and a hundred zillion clever-Jew-behind-the-scenes calumnies.
It's not necessary to absolve Wolfowitz of all sin or to neglect the postwar screw-ups in Iraq. Historians will figure out who was responsible for what, and Wolfowitz will probably come in for his share of the blame. But with political earthquakes now shaking the Arab world, it's time to step back and observe that over the course of his long career - in the Philippines, in Indonesia, in Central and Eastern Europe, and now in the Middle East - Wolfowitz has always been an ardent champion of freedom. And he has usually played a useful supporting role in making sure that pragmatic, democracy-promoting policies were put in place.
If the trends of the last few months continue, Wolfowitz will be the subject of fascinating biographies decades from now, while many of his smuggest critics will be forgotten. Those biographies will mention not only his intellectual commitment but also his personal commitment, his years spent learning the languages of the places that concerned him, and the thousands of hours spent listening deferentially to the local heroes who led the causes he supported.
To praise Wolfowitz is not triumphalism. The difficulties ahead are obvious. It's simple justice. It's a recognition that amid all the legitimate criticism, this guy has been the subject of a vicious piling-on campaign by people who know less than nothing about what is actually going on in the government, while he, in the core belief that has energized his work, may turn out to be right.
I've had only two long conversations with Wolfowitz. The second was the day after the Iraqi vote. I figured that would be an interesting day to get a sense of his mood.
He wasn't nearly as exuberant as I expected him to be, in part because, like everybody in government, he's busy with the constant flow of decisions. He said he spent 75 percent of his time on the Pentagon's budget and administration.
He deflected all my Oprahesque attempts to get him to open up and describe what it's felt like to be him for the past few years. Our tissues remained dry.
But he was eager to think ahead. "It's fascinating how many echoes this is going to have," he said. "The Iraqi election is an inspiration. It's going to be a real challenge to all absolute rulers."
He went on to suggest that American democracy-promotion could now get back onto its preferred course. Iraq, he said, was the outlier. "Iraq is exceptional because of the use of the U.S. military," he observed.
Normally, the U.S. plays the supporting role. For example, Americans can usefully raise the profile of dissidents so dictators feel less inclined to kill them. Wolfowitz was the first U.S. official to meet with Corazón Aquino. The U.S. can use its access to dictators to pressure and annoy them. Wolfowitz worked with George Shultz in the testy exchanges with Ronald Reagan, who was less inclined to ease Ferdinand Marcos out the door.
The U.S. can spark debates, but it cannot conduct them. When he was ambassador to Indonesia, Wolfowitz gave a speech calling for political "openness." He was careful not to use the words "freedom" or "democracy" because under Suharto, Indonesians might have felt inhibited about talking in such bold terms. But they were comfortable with openness, and it became the subject of magazine cover stories and a great national discussion.
Wolfowitz doesn't talk like those foreign policy blowhards who think the world is run by chessmasters sitting around at summits. He talks about national poets, national cultures and the power of people to bring sweeping change. His faith in people probably led to some of the mistakes in Iraq. But with change burbling in Beirut, with many young people proudly hoisting the Lebanese flag (in a country that was once a symbol of tribal factionalism), it's time to take a look at this guy again.
E-mail: dabrooks@nytimes.com
articles 3/8
NY Sun
A Clash in the Senate Likely on Nomination of Bolton to the U.N.
NY Times
Why is the NAACP against Social Security reform?
by Star Parker
The NAACP has weighed in on the great Social Security debate. And its predictable stand tells us, yet again, how out of touch this organization is today with the needs of African-Americans.
LA Times
Spy Agencies Fear Some Applicants Are Terrorists
Counterintelligence officials are concerned that Al Qaeda operatives may have tried to get jobs at the CIA and other agencies to spy on U.S. efforts.
NY Times
At a Suit's Core: Are Bloggers Reporters, Too?
WSJ Editorial
Tough Love for the U.N.
Moynihan, Kirkpatrick and now John Bolton.
LA Times
Advertisers: Their skin is available
The man who sold ad space on his forehead isn't alone. Others are willing to tattoo body parts with company logos for a price.
End of Another Era?
The Democrats' welfare-reform pitfall has lessons for the GOP on Social Security.
by Brendan Miniter
CBS, What Is the Frequency?
What the network should do in the post-Rather era.
By Jack Shafer
High noon for judges
by Thomas Sowell
It is painfully ironic that we should be promoting the spread of democracy abroad when democracy is shrinking at home.
In Our Name, Not In Our Image
by Andrew Apostolou
Yet again, the US appears to be facing a setback in Iraq. Iraqi Arabs voted not for liberals but for Islamists, while the minorities opted for nationalists. It looks like "blowback" all over again. But to eulogize an Iraqi liberalism that never was, is to misunderstand the US role in Iraqi domestic politics.
Interest Factors
Alan Greenspan looks at growth, housing, and oil as he decides what to do with interest rates.
by Irwin M. Stelzer
NY Times
Close Doesn't Always Count in Winning Games
Social scientists say that decentralized groups (like the Yankees) are more resilient than tighter-knit ones (like the Red Sox).
A Clash in the Senate Likely on Nomination of Bolton to the U.N.
NY Times
Why is the NAACP against Social Security reform?
by Star Parker
The NAACP has weighed in on the great Social Security debate. And its predictable stand tells us, yet again, how out of touch this organization is today with the needs of African-Americans.
LA Times
Spy Agencies Fear Some Applicants Are Terrorists
Counterintelligence officials are concerned that Al Qaeda operatives may have tried to get jobs at the CIA and other agencies to spy on U.S. efforts.
NY Times
At a Suit's Core: Are Bloggers Reporters, Too?
WSJ Editorial
Tough Love for the U.N.
Moynihan, Kirkpatrick and now John Bolton.
LA Times
Advertisers: Their skin is available
The man who sold ad space on his forehead isn't alone. Others are willing to tattoo body parts with company logos for a price.
End of Another Era?
The Democrats' welfare-reform pitfall has lessons for the GOP on Social Security.
by Brendan Miniter
CBS, What Is the Frequency?
What the network should do in the post-Rather era.
By Jack Shafer
High noon for judges
by Thomas Sowell
It is painfully ironic that we should be promoting the spread of democracy abroad when democracy is shrinking at home.
In Our Name, Not In Our Image
by Andrew Apostolou
Yet again, the US appears to be facing a setback in Iraq. Iraqi Arabs voted not for liberals but for Islamists, while the minorities opted for nationalists. It looks like "blowback" all over again. But to eulogize an Iraqi liberalism that never was, is to misunderstand the US role in Iraqi domestic politics.
Interest Factors
Alan Greenspan looks at growth, housing, and oil as he decides what to do with interest rates.
by Irwin M. Stelzer
NY Times
Close Doesn't Always Count in Winning Games
Social scientists say that decentralized groups (like the Yankees) are more resilient than tighter-knit ones (like the Red Sox).
Monday, March 07, 2005
articles 3/7
Ari Fleischer’s life in the hot seat
In ‘Taking Heat,’ the former White House press secretary recalls his days as the President’s spokesperson. Here’s an excerpt.
USA Today
Study: A happy marriage can help mend physical wounds
A happy marriage apparently is good medicine, but hostile spouses may be harmful to one another's health. Couples in conflict-ridden marriages take longer than the happily married to heal from all kinds of wounds, from minor scrapes or athletic injuries to major surgery, suggests a study out over the weekend.
Four score and two
by Michael Barone
1933, 1861 and 1789 were all turning points, moments when men mattered.
WSJ Editorial
The Byrd Option
The former Senate leader knew how to break a filibuster.
'Thanks for Sowing the Seeds'
A roundup of the past month's good news from Afghanistan.
by Arthur Chrenkoff
Promises to keep?
by Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D.
The U.N. claims that the U.S. has 'betrayed Beijing,' but it is the U.N. that has betrayed women.
Wired
Mind Control
Matt Nagle is paralyzed. He's also a pioneer in the new science of brain implants.
Wired
The King of Thrones
The turbo-flush, hands-free toilet is here! (Wipe that smile off your face.).
Ari Fleischer's View From the Briefing Room
By Howard Kurtz
Arm Sales Begin At Home
by Thomas Friedman
RFID Invades the Capital
In May, Homeland Security employees will begin using an RFID-equipped ID card. Some say the device will create thousands of new opportunities for hackers and snoops.
Syria's Road To Freedom
by Amir Taheri
Specter Validates GOP Fears on Judges
by Robert Novak
Why Give Ballots to Felons?
by George Will
Why Hillary Clinton Wants to Let Criminals Vote
by John Fund
The "M" Word
The Boston Globe makes an issue of Mitt Romney's religion.
by Dean Barnett
A Government of Men
Justice Kennedy changes his mind. Amazingly, he found that the Constitution changed with him.
by John Hinderaker
Why Your Broadband Sucks
Telecom toadies (ahem, state officials) stifle competition to keep prices high.
Time
When History Turns A Corner
People power is changing the face of the Middle East, but the democracy deal isn't sealed—yet
NY Post
Secrets & Lies of 'Normal' Guys
In ‘Taking Heat,’ the former White House press secretary recalls his days as the President’s spokesperson. Here’s an excerpt.
USA Today
Study: A happy marriage can help mend physical wounds
A happy marriage apparently is good medicine, but hostile spouses may be harmful to one another's health. Couples in conflict-ridden marriages take longer than the happily married to heal from all kinds of wounds, from minor scrapes or athletic injuries to major surgery, suggests a study out over the weekend.
Four score and two
by Michael Barone
1933, 1861 and 1789 were all turning points, moments when men mattered.
WSJ Editorial
The Byrd Option
The former Senate leader knew how to break a filibuster.
'Thanks for Sowing the Seeds'
A roundup of the past month's good news from Afghanistan.
by Arthur Chrenkoff
Promises to keep?
by Janice Shaw Crouse, Ph.D.
The U.N. claims that the U.S. has 'betrayed Beijing,' but it is the U.N. that has betrayed women.
Wired
Mind Control
Matt Nagle is paralyzed. He's also a pioneer in the new science of brain implants.
Wired
The King of Thrones
The turbo-flush, hands-free toilet is here! (Wipe that smile off your face.).
Ari Fleischer's View From the Briefing Room
By Howard Kurtz
Arm Sales Begin At Home
by Thomas Friedman
RFID Invades the Capital
In May, Homeland Security employees will begin using an RFID-equipped ID card. Some say the device will create thousands of new opportunities for hackers and snoops.
Syria's Road To Freedom
by Amir Taheri
Specter Validates GOP Fears on Judges
by Robert Novak
Why Give Ballots to Felons?
by George Will
Why Hillary Clinton Wants to Let Criminals Vote
by John Fund
The "M" Word
The Boston Globe makes an issue of Mitt Romney's religion.
by Dean Barnett
A Government of Men
Justice Kennedy changes his mind. Amazingly, he found that the Constitution changed with him.
by John Hinderaker
Why Your Broadband Sucks
Telecom toadies (ahem, state officials) stifle competition to keep prices high.
Time
When History Turns A Corner
People power is changing the face of the Middle East, but the democracy deal isn't sealed—yet
NY Post
Secrets & Lies of 'Normal' Guys
Sunday, March 06, 2005
articles 3/6
Happy Birthday, Ben!
Good Collateral Damage
by Brian Preston
Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia... and the Democrats?
Lebanon; Canada
A bag of Smarties
We need a leader
by David Warren
The Best Thing That Has Ever Happened to Journalism
by Ralph Kinney Bennett
A 40-year veteran journalist says blogs are forcing the journalistic priesthood out of the temple. It's disconcerting. It's fun. And it's good, real good.
Darwin's War on Political Correctness
by James Pinkerton
Reality is still our best true friend. Jim Pinkerton on PC in the age of epidemics old and new.
USA Today
Business bows to an unlikely oracle: British boy wonder
Author speaks like a dream, so you'd never guess …
'The One Thing' to become the best of the best
A Crack in the Sphinx
Will Hosni Mubarak bring Egypt into the community of democratic nations?
by Saad Eddin Ibrahim
U.S. targets spy services abroad
By Bill Gertz
What Hath Ju-Ju Wrought!
In the Middle East, the democratic genie is out of the bottle.
by Reuel Marc Gerecht
The Road from Damascus
Will the Cedar Revolution spill over into Syria?
by Marc Ginsberg
The Face of Iraqi Terrorism
A new study shows where the foreign fighters in Iraq are coming from. Care to guess?
by Stephen Schwartz
Assad's War
Syria's dictator is in retreat, but he's unlikely to go quietly.
by Michael Young
Hosni Mubarak
Elections or no, he's still Pharaoh.
by Tamara Wittes
Defense Procurement Follies
Do we really need all these new weapons systems?
By Fred Kaplan
Newsweek
What Bush Got Right
Freedom's march: The president has been right on some big questions. Now, if he can get the little stuff right, he'll change the world.
The Sharansky moment?
by Caroline B. Glick
In the history of Israel's relations with the US, there has been no precedent for the influence that Israeli Minister-without-Portfolio Natan Sharansky has had on US foreign policy.
The Right Side of History
by Mark Steyn
40 Years of Character
by David Brooks
Inside Report: Rudy's Roadblocks
by Robert Novak
The Least Bad Iran Option
by Jeffrey Bergner
NY Times
The Most Expensive Album Never Made
Fans may hope and record executives may pray, but after 11 years and $13 million, Guns N' Roses' next CD is still at large.
CNet
The Coming Crackdown on Blogs
What Ever Happened To the Most Important Story on Earth?
by Jonah Goldberg
Remember al-Qaqaa? This was the massive cache of explosives that American forces failed to secure after the fall of Saddam.
The March of Freedom
by Charles Krauthammer
Revolutions do not stand still. They either move forward or they die. We are at the dawn of a glorious, delicate, revolutionary moment in the Middle East.
Potemkin Nonproliferation
Helping Iran’s nuclear-weapons efforts.
by Henry Sokolski
Zamboni'd
Pro hockey's ailments go well beyond a lost season. Here are three ways NHL bigwigs can improve their league.
by Duncan Currie
W. Post
Credit Card Penalties, Fees Deluge Debtors
U.S. Senate poised to vote on bill that would make it harder for consumers to wipe out debt through bankruptcy.
W. Post
Evangelicals Find Spiritual Home on the Hill
Lyric and Jeff Hassler join new wave of religious conservatives who find Washington life welcoming.
Rolling Stone
The Online Insurgency
MoveOn has become a force to be reckoned with
Oregonian
"What the hell happened? Why am I not dead?"
Oops -- the doctor-assisted suicide didn't work out quite right. The guy survived 13 more days.
Business 2.0
Where Are the Hottest Jobs?
Which employees are getting the pay raises this year? We found dozens of jobs where pay raises are well into double digits. In our survey of the hottest jobs, we've also found the cities where employees are turning the tables on employers and calling the shots.
Ex-Korn Guitarist Baptized in Jordan River
Former Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch was baptized Saturday in the Jordan River, just weeks after quitting his band, drug habits and rock-and-roll lifestyle for religion.
Interference.com
Rumor: U2's Third Leg Dates Leaked?
‘Magic and Mystery’
‘When I get in there with them, we have fun.’ No-one’s been in the studio with U2 more than Steve Lillywhite. It is ‘magical and mystical’ he says. Part One of our exclusive interview.When he first met U2 to record ‘Boy’, Steve Lillywhite had already worked with Ultravox, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Psychedelic Furs, Peter Gabriel and XTC… Today, he is one of the most sought after producers in the business. Brian Draper visited him at home in London for U2.Com, to talk about his role as the main producer on ‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’.
Second part of our Steve Lillywhite interview
NL still runs through St. Louis
By Peter Gammons
Modern Reformation
Using the Gospel to Share the Gospel
A Discussion Between Michael Horton & Rico Tice
Good Collateral Damage
by Brian Preston
Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia... and the Democrats?
Lebanon; Canada
A bag of Smarties
We need a leader
by David Warren
The Best Thing That Has Ever Happened to Journalism
by Ralph Kinney Bennett
A 40-year veteran journalist says blogs are forcing the journalistic priesthood out of the temple. It's disconcerting. It's fun. And it's good, real good.
Darwin's War on Political Correctness
by James Pinkerton
Reality is still our best true friend. Jim Pinkerton on PC in the age of epidemics old and new.
USA Today
Business bows to an unlikely oracle: British boy wonder
Author speaks like a dream, so you'd never guess …
'The One Thing' to become the best of the best
A Crack in the Sphinx
Will Hosni Mubarak bring Egypt into the community of democratic nations?
by Saad Eddin Ibrahim
U.S. targets spy services abroad
By Bill Gertz
What Hath Ju-Ju Wrought!
In the Middle East, the democratic genie is out of the bottle.
by Reuel Marc Gerecht
The Road from Damascus
Will the Cedar Revolution spill over into Syria?
by Marc Ginsberg
The Face of Iraqi Terrorism
A new study shows where the foreign fighters in Iraq are coming from. Care to guess?
by Stephen Schwartz
Assad's War
Syria's dictator is in retreat, but he's unlikely to go quietly.
by Michael Young
Hosni Mubarak
Elections or no, he's still Pharaoh.
by Tamara Wittes
Defense Procurement Follies
Do we really need all these new weapons systems?
By Fred Kaplan
Newsweek
What Bush Got Right
Freedom's march: The president has been right on some big questions. Now, if he can get the little stuff right, he'll change the world.
The Sharansky moment?
by Caroline B. Glick
In the history of Israel's relations with the US, there has been no precedent for the influence that Israeli Minister-without-Portfolio Natan Sharansky has had on US foreign policy.
The Right Side of History
by Mark Steyn
40 Years of Character
by David Brooks
Inside Report: Rudy's Roadblocks
by Robert Novak
The Least Bad Iran Option
by Jeffrey Bergner
NY Times
The Most Expensive Album Never Made
Fans may hope and record executives may pray, but after 11 years and $13 million, Guns N' Roses' next CD is still at large.
CNet
The Coming Crackdown on Blogs
What Ever Happened To the Most Important Story on Earth?
by Jonah Goldberg
Remember al-Qaqaa? This was the massive cache of explosives that American forces failed to secure after the fall of Saddam.
The March of Freedom
by Charles Krauthammer
Revolutions do not stand still. They either move forward or they die. We are at the dawn of a glorious, delicate, revolutionary moment in the Middle East.
Potemkin Nonproliferation
Helping Iran’s nuclear-weapons efforts.
by Henry Sokolski
Zamboni'd
Pro hockey's ailments go well beyond a lost season. Here are three ways NHL bigwigs can improve their league.
by Duncan Currie
W. Post
Credit Card Penalties, Fees Deluge Debtors
U.S. Senate poised to vote on bill that would make it harder for consumers to wipe out debt through bankruptcy.
W. Post
Evangelicals Find Spiritual Home on the Hill
Lyric and Jeff Hassler join new wave of religious conservatives who find Washington life welcoming.
Rolling Stone
The Online Insurgency
MoveOn has become a force to be reckoned with
Oregonian
"What the hell happened? Why am I not dead?"
Oops -- the doctor-assisted suicide didn't work out quite right. The guy survived 13 more days.
Business 2.0
Where Are the Hottest Jobs?
Which employees are getting the pay raises this year? We found dozens of jobs where pay raises are well into double digits. In our survey of the hottest jobs, we've also found the cities where employees are turning the tables on employers and calling the shots.
Ex-Korn Guitarist Baptized in Jordan River
Former Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch was baptized Saturday in the Jordan River, just weeks after quitting his band, drug habits and rock-and-roll lifestyle for religion.
Interference.com
Rumor: U2's Third Leg Dates Leaked?
‘Magic and Mystery’
‘When I get in there with them, we have fun.’ No-one’s been in the studio with U2 more than Steve Lillywhite. It is ‘magical and mystical’ he says. Part One of our exclusive interview.When he first met U2 to record ‘Boy’, Steve Lillywhite had already worked with Ultravox, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Psychedelic Furs, Peter Gabriel and XTC… Today, he is one of the most sought after producers in the business. Brian Draper visited him at home in London for U2.Com, to talk about his role as the main producer on ‘How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb’.
Second part of our Steve Lillywhite interview
NL still runs through St. Louis
By Peter Gammons
Modern Reformation
Using the Gospel to Share the Gospel
A Discussion Between Michael Horton & Rico Tice
Friday, March 04, 2005
Who Is The U2 of Sports?
by Bill Simmons
Editor's note: This column appears in the March 14 issue of ESPN The Magazine.
Ever play the musician/athlete game? You just pick a band or singer and then decide which sports star they'd be. For instance, Springsteen is Larry Bird, the workingman's hero. Guns N' Roses are Doc Gooden, the prodigy who flamed out too fast. The Stones are Ali, the greatest until they hung around too long. The Police are John McEnroe -- gifted, tortured, ultimately unable to keep it together.
You can easily kill an eight-hour car ride this way ... as long as you keep U2 out of it. Trying to find a match for that band will make you crazy. Kareem and Roger Clemens had similar longevity, but nobody liked them. Ditto for Barry Bonds, although Bonds' head and Bono's both have grown exponentially over the years. Nolan Ryan was breathtaking in moments, but never transcendent. Gretzky and MJ didn't dominate long enough. The closest comparison? Jack Nicklaus. Big splash in the '60s, superduperstar in the '70s, stunning revival in the '80s -- it's a similar arc, right down to the success of "Vertigo" and the 1986 Masters. But can you compare U2 to a golfer? Of course not.
Here's the point: bands just don't do what U2 have done. They don't stay together for 26 years without even a token separation (or 20). They don't continue to pump out quality albums and concert tours (sorry, I don't count the Dead, who haven't been nearly as popular). And they don't resonate with three different generations.
There hasn't been nearly enough made of these guys. Unlike what we do with our sports heroes, few of us consider the overall body of work of musicians. It always comes down to what they did most recently, or who died at the optimal time, or whose music aged best. Fact is, there is no black-and-white way to judge them. How can you prove Jimmy Page was a better guitar player than Eric Clapton? Instead of statistics and awards, we rely on emotions and memories, on what a particular band meant to us. It leads to some deceiving outcomes -- like how everyone forgets that, when Kurt Cobain killed himself, Nirvana had been eclipsed by Pearl Jam and the Smashing Pumpkins. Had he lived, there's a 90 percent chance Cobain and Courtney Love would be starring in a reality show on VH-1 right now. You just never know. That's why people rarely argue about music ... well, unless they're stoned.
With sports, there is nothing to do but argue about this stuff. If music were sports, Kornheiser and Wilbon would be fighting to the death over "Who's better: Franz Ferdinand or The Killers?" But we don't approach music this way, and so U2 never get their due. Take everything you ever read or heard about MJ, then double it -- that's what we'd have if U2 had played ball. What would their rookie card be worth? How many covers would they have graced? What formula would Rob Neyer have concocted to legitimize their run?
Maybe I'm biased. Some people have photo albums; I have U2. When I listened to them as a kid they were belting out angry diatribes about growing up in Ireland, so who could have imagined they'd provide a soundtrack for my life? There was "The Unforgettable Fire" for my moody years, and "The Joshua Tree" for when I began to put it all together. When "Rattle and Hum" came out, I was also taking myself a little too seriously. "Achtung Baby"? We were both running on all cylinders. "Zooropa" and "Pop"? We were both figuring out where to go next. We finally crossed paths with "All That You Can't Leave Behind." I was covering my first Super Bowl and U2 was singing at halftime of the eventual Pats upset, and yes, it was a "Beautiful Day." With their most recent, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," I'm in a good place, and so are they. They're E.T. to my Elliott.
Throw in the unintentional comedy and general weirdness -- how Bono doesn't age (much like David Robinson); how you can't call "The Edge" just "Edge"; every delightfully absurd minute of the Rattle and Hum documentary (my favorites: The Edge's extended mullet, the Graceland trip and every conversation between Bono and B.B. King); Bono's pompous concert speeches; even Adam Carolla's idea that we should deport Bono so he can annoy Ireland instead of us -- and there has never been another band like this. At the recent Grammys, they were still as strong on stage as anyone else, even though I'm pretty sure The Edge died about three years ago and they're just propping him up. Against all odds, they keep plugging away.
They have no peers in the business, and no sports equivalent. So if you ever play the musician/athlete game, save some time -- skip U2 and go right to a band like Van Halen. (They were Sugar Ray Leonard, but that's a whole other story.)
Bill Simmons is a columnist for Page 2 and ESPN The Magazine. His Sports Guy's World site is updated every day Monday through Friday.
Editor's note: This column appears in the March 14 issue of ESPN The Magazine.
Ever play the musician/athlete game? You just pick a band or singer and then decide which sports star they'd be. For instance, Springsteen is Larry Bird, the workingman's hero. Guns N' Roses are Doc Gooden, the prodigy who flamed out too fast. The Stones are Ali, the greatest until they hung around too long. The Police are John McEnroe -- gifted, tortured, ultimately unable to keep it together.
You can easily kill an eight-hour car ride this way ... as long as you keep U2 out of it. Trying to find a match for that band will make you crazy. Kareem and Roger Clemens had similar longevity, but nobody liked them. Ditto for Barry Bonds, although Bonds' head and Bono's both have grown exponentially over the years. Nolan Ryan was breathtaking in moments, but never transcendent. Gretzky and MJ didn't dominate long enough. The closest comparison? Jack Nicklaus. Big splash in the '60s, superduperstar in the '70s, stunning revival in the '80s -- it's a similar arc, right down to the success of "Vertigo" and the 1986 Masters. But can you compare U2 to a golfer? Of course not.
Here's the point: bands just don't do what U2 have done. They don't stay together for 26 years without even a token separation (or 20). They don't continue to pump out quality albums and concert tours (sorry, I don't count the Dead, who haven't been nearly as popular). And they don't resonate with three different generations.
There hasn't been nearly enough made of these guys. Unlike what we do with our sports heroes, few of us consider the overall body of work of musicians. It always comes down to what they did most recently, or who died at the optimal time, or whose music aged best. Fact is, there is no black-and-white way to judge them. How can you prove Jimmy Page was a better guitar player than Eric Clapton? Instead of statistics and awards, we rely on emotions and memories, on what a particular band meant to us. It leads to some deceiving outcomes -- like how everyone forgets that, when Kurt Cobain killed himself, Nirvana had been eclipsed by Pearl Jam and the Smashing Pumpkins. Had he lived, there's a 90 percent chance Cobain and Courtney Love would be starring in a reality show on VH-1 right now. You just never know. That's why people rarely argue about music ... well, unless they're stoned.
With sports, there is nothing to do but argue about this stuff. If music were sports, Kornheiser and Wilbon would be fighting to the death over "Who's better: Franz Ferdinand or The Killers?" But we don't approach music this way, and so U2 never get their due. Take everything you ever read or heard about MJ, then double it -- that's what we'd have if U2 had played ball. What would their rookie card be worth? How many covers would they have graced? What formula would Rob Neyer have concocted to legitimize their run?
Maybe I'm biased. Some people have photo albums; I have U2. When I listened to them as a kid they were belting out angry diatribes about growing up in Ireland, so who could have imagined they'd provide a soundtrack for my life? There was "The Unforgettable Fire" for my moody years, and "The Joshua Tree" for when I began to put it all together. When "Rattle and Hum" came out, I was also taking myself a little too seriously. "Achtung Baby"? We were both running on all cylinders. "Zooropa" and "Pop"? We were both figuring out where to go next. We finally crossed paths with "All That You Can't Leave Behind." I was covering my first Super Bowl and U2 was singing at halftime of the eventual Pats upset, and yes, it was a "Beautiful Day." With their most recent, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," I'm in a good place, and so are they. They're E.T. to my Elliott.
Throw in the unintentional comedy and general weirdness -- how Bono doesn't age (much like David Robinson); how you can't call "The Edge" just "Edge"; every delightfully absurd minute of the Rattle and Hum documentary (my favorites: The Edge's extended mullet, the Graceland trip and every conversation between Bono and B.B. King); Bono's pompous concert speeches; even Adam Carolla's idea that we should deport Bono so he can annoy Ireland instead of us -- and there has never been another band like this. At the recent Grammys, they were still as strong on stage as anyone else, even though I'm pretty sure The Edge died about three years ago and they're just propping him up. Against all odds, they keep plugging away.
They have no peers in the business, and no sports equivalent. So if you ever play the musician/athlete game, save some time -- skip U2 and go right to a band like Van Halen. (They were Sugar Ray Leonard, but that's a whole other story.)
Bill Simmons is a columnist for Page 2 and ESPN The Magazine. His Sports Guy's World site is updated every day Monday through Friday.
articles 3/4
Was George Bush Right About Freedom and Democracy?
Maybe. Maybe Not.
By Fred Kaplan
Newsweek
Soft Power, Hard Choices
Commentary
What Became of the CIA
Commentary
Will the Real Shakespeare Please Stand Up
Free Speech for Terrorists?
by Andrew C. McCarthy
Real Clear Politics
Softball & Kerry's Form 180
And That's the Way It Was
How to revive CBS News.
by Peggy Noonan
Neocons May Get the Last Laugh
by Max Boot
Term of Endearment, Term of Abuse
What is a "neocon," anyway? A new book offers some clues.
by Sol Schindler
Social Security blues
by Robert Novak
George W. Bush, who is not prone to confessing mistakes, has confided to close associates that he committed a whopper on Social Security.
Calling the kettle gay
by Ann Coulter
It's been a tough year for Democrats. They lost the presidential election, their favorite news outlets have been abjectly humiliated, they had to sit through a smashingly successful election in Iraq, and most painfully, they had to endure unwarranted attacks on a cartoon sponge. So I understand liberals are upset.
Francis Schaeffer's political legacy
by Marvin Olasky
Who's the major figure behind the election and re-election of George W. Bush? On one level, the visionary Karl Rove. At a deeper level, a theologian most Americans have never heard of:
On following ideas over a cliff
by Paul Greenberg
A day-long conference here in Little Rock the other day on school reform should have been entitled: Education and Its Discontents.
We have no more need for PBS
by George Will
Public television is akin to the body politic's appendix: It is vestigial, purposeless and occasionally troublesome.
Fort Worth Weekly
Police reporter's life was more bizarre than any of his stories
John Makeig was obsessed with the possibility that a rash of suspect cattle mutilations might be the work of space aliens. When his editors urged him to steer clear of the livestock abduction stories and stick to news on the night police beat, he continued to chase down strange theories during the day. He also collected weird names he encountered covering the news: an anesthesiologist named Gasser, a banker named Ernest Deal, the Boxwell funeral home, a burglar named Lawless, a man in a sex case named Orji, and a prostitute named Flesher.
Rocky Mountain News
Doors Reopen
Patient U2 fans bid on tickets below face value
Evening Standard
Sit Back and Relax? Bono's Wife Can't.
'But as an American . . .
'We hardly ever watch Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," but our TV happened to be tuned to it last night when erstwhile Clinton aide Nancy Soderberg, author of "The Superpower Myth: The Use and Misuse of American Might" (foreword by Bill Clinton, blurb by Madeleine Albright) came on. We're not sure what possessed us to turn on the sound and watch, but we're glad we did, for it was a fascinating interview. Here's a TiVo-assisted transcript of most of it:
Stewart: This book--it talks about the superpower myth of the United States. There is this idea, the United States is the sole superpower, and I guess the premise of the book is we cannot misuse that power--have to use it wisely, and not just punitively. Is that--
Soderberg: That's right. What I argue is that the Bush administration fell hostage to the superpower myth, believing that because we're the most powerful nation on earth, we were all-powerful, could bend the world to our will and not have to worry about the rest of the world. I think what they're finding in the second term is, it's a little bit harder than that, and reality has an annoying way of intruding.
Stewart: But what do you make of--here's my dilemma, if you will. I don't care for the way these guys conduct themselves--and this is just you and I talking, no cameras here [audience laughter]. But boy, when you see the Lebanese take to the streets and all that, and you go, "Oh my God, this is working," and I begin to wonder, is it--is the way that they handled it really--it's sort of like, "Uh, OK, my daddy hits me, but look how tough I'm getting." You know what I mean? Like, you don't like the method, but maybe--wrong analogy, is that, uh--?
Soderberg: Well, I think, you know, as a Democrat, you don't want anything nice to happen to the Republicans, and you don't want them to have progress. But as an American, you hope good things would happen. I think the way to look at it is, they can't credit for every good thing that happens, but they need to be able to manage it. I think what's happening in Lebanon is great, but it's not necessarily directly related to the fact that we went into Iraq militarily.
Stewart: Do you think that the people of Lebanon would have had, sort of, the courage of their conviction, having not seen--not only the invasion but the election which followed? It's almost as though that the Iraqi election has emboldened this crazy--something's going on over there. I'm smelling something.
Soderberg: I think partly what's going on is the country next door, Syria, has been controlling them for decades, and they [the Syrians] were dumb enough to blow up the former prime minister of Lebanon in Beirut, and they're--people are sort of sick of that, and saying, "Wait a minute, that's a stretch too far." So part of what's going on is they're just protesting that. But I think there is a wave of change going on, and if we can help ride it though the second term of the Bush administration, more power to them.
Stewart: Do you think they're the guys to--do they understand what they've unleashed? Because at a certain point, I almost feel like, if they had just come out at the very beginning and said, "Here's my plan: I'm going to invade Iraq. We'll get rid of a bad guy because that will drain the swamp"--if they hadn't done the whole "nuclear cloud," you know, if they hadn't scared the pants off of everybody, and just said straight up, honestly, what was going on, I think I'd almost--I'd have no cognitive dissonance, no mixed feelings.
Soderberg: The truth always helps in these things, I have to say. But I think that there is also going on in the Middle East peace process--they may well have a chance to do a historic deal with the Palestinians and the Israelis. These guys could really pull off a whole--
Stewart: This could be unbelievable!
Soderberg:---series of Nobel Peace Prizes here, which--it may well work. I think that, um, it's--
Stewart: [buries head in hands] Oh my God! [audience laughter] He's got, you know, here's--
Soderberg: It's scary for Democrats, I have to say.
Stewart: He's gonna be a great--pretty soon, Republicans are gonna be like, "Reagan was nothing compared to this guy." Like, my kid's gonna go to a high school named after him, I just know it.
Soderberg: Well, there's still Iran and North Korea, don't forget. There's hope for the rest of us.
Stewart: [crossing fingers] Iran and North Korea, that's true, that is true [audience laughter].
No, it's--it is--I absolutely agree with you, this is--this is the most difficult thing for me to--because, I think, I don't care for the tactics, I don't care for this, the weird arrogance, the setting up. But I gotta say, I haven't seen results like this ever in that region.
Soderberg: Well wait. It hasn't actually gotten very far. I mean, we've had--
Stewart: Oh, I'm shallow! I'm very shallow!
Soderberg: There's always hope that this might not work. No, but I think, um, it's--you know, you have changes going on in Egypt; Saudi Arabia finally had a few votes, although women couldn't participate. What's going on here in--you know, Syria's been living in the 1960s since the 1960s--it's, part of this is--
Stewart: You mean free love and that kind of stuff? [audience laughter] Like, free love, drugs?
Soderberg: If you're a terrorist, yeah.
Stewart: They are Baathists, are they--it looks like, I gotta say, it's almost like we're not going to have to invade Iran and Syria. They're gonna invade themselves at a certain point, no? Or is that completely naive?
Soderberg: I think it's moving in the right direction. I'll have to give them credit for that. We'll see.
Stewart: Really? Hummus for everybody, for God's sakes.
We've long been skeptical of Jon Stewart, but color us impressed. He managed to ambush this poor woman brutally, in a friendly interview. She was supposed to be promoting her book, and instead he got her to spend the entire interview debunking it (at least if we understood the book's thesis correctly from the very brief discussion of it up top).
She also admitted repeatedly that Democrats are hoping for American failure in the Middle East. To be sure, this is not true of all Democrats, Soderberg speaks only for herself, and she says she is ambivalent ("But as an American . . ."). But we do not question her expertise in assessing the prevailing mentality of her own party. No wonder Dems get so defensive about their patriotism.
Interesting too is Stewart's acknowledgment of his own "cognitive dissonance" and "mixed feelings" over the Iraq liberation. It's a version of an argument we've been hearing a lot lately: As our Brendan Miniter puts it, "The president's critics never seem to tire of claiming that the war in Iraq began over weapons of mass destruction and only later morphed into a war of liberation."
Miniter correctly notes that "this criticism isn't entirely right," but for the sake of argument let's assume it is. What does it mean? President Bush has altered his arguments to conform to reality, while his critics remain fixated on obsolete disputes. This would seem utterly to refute the liberal media stereotype. Bush, it turns out, is a supple-minded empiricist, while his opponents are rigid ideologues.
Maybe. Maybe Not.
By Fred Kaplan
Newsweek
Soft Power, Hard Choices
Commentary
What Became of the CIA
Commentary
Will the Real Shakespeare Please Stand Up
Free Speech for Terrorists?
by Andrew C. McCarthy
Real Clear Politics
Softball & Kerry's Form 180
And That's the Way It Was
How to revive CBS News.
by Peggy Noonan
Neocons May Get the Last Laugh
by Max Boot
Term of Endearment, Term of Abuse
What is a "neocon," anyway? A new book offers some clues.
by Sol Schindler
Social Security blues
by Robert Novak
George W. Bush, who is not prone to confessing mistakes, has confided to close associates that he committed a whopper on Social Security.
Calling the kettle gay
by Ann Coulter
It's been a tough year for Democrats. They lost the presidential election, their favorite news outlets have been abjectly humiliated, they had to sit through a smashingly successful election in Iraq, and most painfully, they had to endure unwarranted attacks on a cartoon sponge. So I understand liberals are upset.
Francis Schaeffer's political legacy
by Marvin Olasky
Who's the major figure behind the election and re-election of George W. Bush? On one level, the visionary Karl Rove. At a deeper level, a theologian most Americans have never heard of:
On following ideas over a cliff
by Paul Greenberg
A day-long conference here in Little Rock the other day on school reform should have been entitled: Education and Its Discontents.
We have no more need for PBS
by George Will
Public television is akin to the body politic's appendix: It is vestigial, purposeless and occasionally troublesome.
Fort Worth Weekly
Police reporter's life was more bizarre than any of his stories
John Makeig was obsessed with the possibility that a rash of suspect cattle mutilations might be the work of space aliens. When his editors urged him to steer clear of the livestock abduction stories and stick to news on the night police beat, he continued to chase down strange theories during the day. He also collected weird names he encountered covering the news: an anesthesiologist named Gasser, a banker named Ernest Deal, the Boxwell funeral home, a burglar named Lawless, a man in a sex case named Orji, and a prostitute named Flesher.
Rocky Mountain News
Doors Reopen
Patient U2 fans bid on tickets below face value
Evening Standard
Sit Back and Relax? Bono's Wife Can't.
'But as an American . . .
'We hardly ever watch Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart," but our TV happened to be tuned to it last night when erstwhile Clinton aide Nancy Soderberg, author of "The Superpower Myth: The Use and Misuse of American Might" (foreword by Bill Clinton, blurb by Madeleine Albright) came on. We're not sure what possessed us to turn on the sound and watch, but we're glad we did, for it was a fascinating interview. Here's a TiVo-assisted transcript of most of it:
Stewart: This book--it talks about the superpower myth of the United States. There is this idea, the United States is the sole superpower, and I guess the premise of the book is we cannot misuse that power--have to use it wisely, and not just punitively. Is that--
Soderberg: That's right. What I argue is that the Bush administration fell hostage to the superpower myth, believing that because we're the most powerful nation on earth, we were all-powerful, could bend the world to our will and not have to worry about the rest of the world. I think what they're finding in the second term is, it's a little bit harder than that, and reality has an annoying way of intruding.
Stewart: But what do you make of--here's my dilemma, if you will. I don't care for the way these guys conduct themselves--and this is just you and I talking, no cameras here [audience laughter]. But boy, when you see the Lebanese take to the streets and all that, and you go, "Oh my God, this is working," and I begin to wonder, is it--is the way that they handled it really--it's sort of like, "Uh, OK, my daddy hits me, but look how tough I'm getting." You know what I mean? Like, you don't like the method, but maybe--wrong analogy, is that, uh--?
Soderberg: Well, I think, you know, as a Democrat, you don't want anything nice to happen to the Republicans, and you don't want them to have progress. But as an American, you hope good things would happen. I think the way to look at it is, they can't credit for every good thing that happens, but they need to be able to manage it. I think what's happening in Lebanon is great, but it's not necessarily directly related to the fact that we went into Iraq militarily.
Stewart: Do you think that the people of Lebanon would have had, sort of, the courage of their conviction, having not seen--not only the invasion but the election which followed? It's almost as though that the Iraqi election has emboldened this crazy--something's going on over there. I'm smelling something.
Soderberg: I think partly what's going on is the country next door, Syria, has been controlling them for decades, and they [the Syrians] were dumb enough to blow up the former prime minister of Lebanon in Beirut, and they're--people are sort of sick of that, and saying, "Wait a minute, that's a stretch too far." So part of what's going on is they're just protesting that. But I think there is a wave of change going on, and if we can help ride it though the second term of the Bush administration, more power to them.
Stewart: Do you think they're the guys to--do they understand what they've unleashed? Because at a certain point, I almost feel like, if they had just come out at the very beginning and said, "Here's my plan: I'm going to invade Iraq. We'll get rid of a bad guy because that will drain the swamp"--if they hadn't done the whole "nuclear cloud," you know, if they hadn't scared the pants off of everybody, and just said straight up, honestly, what was going on, I think I'd almost--I'd have no cognitive dissonance, no mixed feelings.
Soderberg: The truth always helps in these things, I have to say. But I think that there is also going on in the Middle East peace process--they may well have a chance to do a historic deal with the Palestinians and the Israelis. These guys could really pull off a whole--
Stewart: This could be unbelievable!
Soderberg:---series of Nobel Peace Prizes here, which--it may well work. I think that, um, it's--
Stewart: [buries head in hands] Oh my God! [audience laughter] He's got, you know, here's--
Soderberg: It's scary for Democrats, I have to say.
Stewart: He's gonna be a great--pretty soon, Republicans are gonna be like, "Reagan was nothing compared to this guy." Like, my kid's gonna go to a high school named after him, I just know it.
Soderberg: Well, there's still Iran and North Korea, don't forget. There's hope for the rest of us.
Stewart: [crossing fingers] Iran and North Korea, that's true, that is true [audience laughter].
No, it's--it is--I absolutely agree with you, this is--this is the most difficult thing for me to--because, I think, I don't care for the tactics, I don't care for this, the weird arrogance, the setting up. But I gotta say, I haven't seen results like this ever in that region.
Soderberg: Well wait. It hasn't actually gotten very far. I mean, we've had--
Stewart: Oh, I'm shallow! I'm very shallow!
Soderberg: There's always hope that this might not work. No, but I think, um, it's--you know, you have changes going on in Egypt; Saudi Arabia finally had a few votes, although women couldn't participate. What's going on here in--you know, Syria's been living in the 1960s since the 1960s--it's, part of this is--
Stewart: You mean free love and that kind of stuff? [audience laughter] Like, free love, drugs?
Soderberg: If you're a terrorist, yeah.
Stewart: They are Baathists, are they--it looks like, I gotta say, it's almost like we're not going to have to invade Iran and Syria. They're gonna invade themselves at a certain point, no? Or is that completely naive?
Soderberg: I think it's moving in the right direction. I'll have to give them credit for that. We'll see.
Stewart: Really? Hummus for everybody, for God's sakes.
We've long been skeptical of Jon Stewart, but color us impressed. He managed to ambush this poor woman brutally, in a friendly interview. She was supposed to be promoting her book, and instead he got her to spend the entire interview debunking it (at least if we understood the book's thesis correctly from the very brief discussion of it up top).
She also admitted repeatedly that Democrats are hoping for American failure in the Middle East. To be sure, this is not true of all Democrats, Soderberg speaks only for herself, and she says she is ambivalent ("But as an American . . ."). But we do not question her expertise in assessing the prevailing mentality of her own party. No wonder Dems get so defensive about their patriotism.
Interesting too is Stewart's acknowledgment of his own "cognitive dissonance" and "mixed feelings" over the Iraq liberation. It's a version of an argument we've been hearing a lot lately: As our Brendan Miniter puts it, "The president's critics never seem to tire of claiming that the war in Iraq began over weapons of mass destruction and only later morphed into a war of liberation."
Miniter correctly notes that "this criticism isn't entirely right," but for the sake of argument let's assume it is. What does it mean? President Bush has altered his arguments to conform to reality, while his critics remain fixated on obsolete disputes. This would seem utterly to refute the liberal media stereotype. Bush, it turns out, is a supple-minded empiricist, while his opponents are rigid ideologues.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
articles 3/1
Kofi Annan’s critical role in the genocide in Rwanda
by Joel Mowbray
If you watch this powerful film — and you should — what you won’t see is the even more incredibly true story of the man with direct culpability for the deaths of 800,000 Tutsis: now-UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
Rocky Mountain News
Cops taser man accused of pilfering salad at Chuck E. Cheese
An angry mom says: "They had no regard for the effect this would have on the kids. This is Chuck E. Cheese, you know."
River Bend Telegraph
Police chief defends cops who Tasered, then fatally shot cat
It all started when officers were called to a home to deal with a cat fight. Now fur is flying all over town.
Boston Globe
Man accused of headbutting parent after "squirt" hockey game
Quit the AARP
Meet the Conservative Republican Seniors Against Bush.
by Rich Lowry
Read My Lips: The Sequel?
Bush opens the door to a big tax increase.by Stephen Moore
Wake-up call for my fellow Muslims
by Kamal Nawash
Muslim-bashing. That’s the accusation many of my fellow Muslims now hurl at the various news outlets for their news stories about a Freedom House investigation that found extremist Islamic literature in some leading American mosques.
Some suggestions for the Harvard faculty
by Star Parker
The sad truth about a society that becomes increasingly politicized by the day is that the principal victim is integrity. Thoughtfulness and honesty count for less and less and appearances count for more and more.
Believing the true believers
by Thomas Sowell
While the media have been focusing on the flap at Harvard growing out of its president's statement about the reasons for the under-representation of women in the sciences, a much worse and more revealing scandal has unfolded at the University of Seattle.
The flat tax in the old Soviet bloc
by Bruce Bartlett
On his trip to Slovakia last week, President Bush praised Prime Minister Dzurinda for the flat tax system he instituted last year.
Rodney Dangerfield at Harvard
by Suzanne Fields
Larry Summers, the president of Harvard, aspires to be the Rodney Dangerfield of academe: He don't get no respect.
The Arabs' Berlin Wall Has Crumbled
by Mark Steyn
What's Wrong With American High Schools
by Bill Gates
Sport of Kings (and Queens)
Why so few women chess masters? America's top female player ponders the question.
by Barbara D. Phillips
The 'Hotel' Lobby
After Rwanda and Iraq, Americans may demand more humanitarian interventions.
by Brendan Miniter
WSJ Editorial
Carrots for the Mullahs
A surefire path to a nuclear Iran.
Trackback to Freedom
by Joshua Livestro
Bloggers should do all they can to support the revolution in the Arab streets.
To Have and to Hold, for Richer for Poorer
by David Brooks
We Need More Speech Codes
by Douglas Kern
Perhaps a liberal society requires illiberal education.
by Joel Mowbray
If you watch this powerful film — and you should — what you won’t see is the even more incredibly true story of the man with direct culpability for the deaths of 800,000 Tutsis: now-UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
Rocky Mountain News
Cops taser man accused of pilfering salad at Chuck E. Cheese
An angry mom says: "They had no regard for the effect this would have on the kids. This is Chuck E. Cheese, you know."
River Bend Telegraph
Police chief defends cops who Tasered, then fatally shot cat
It all started when officers were called to a home to deal with a cat fight. Now fur is flying all over town.
Boston Globe
Man accused of headbutting parent after "squirt" hockey game
Quit the AARP
Meet the Conservative Republican Seniors Against Bush.
by Rich Lowry
Read My Lips: The Sequel?
Bush opens the door to a big tax increase.by Stephen Moore
Wake-up call for my fellow Muslims
by Kamal Nawash
Muslim-bashing. That’s the accusation many of my fellow Muslims now hurl at the various news outlets for their news stories about a Freedom House investigation that found extremist Islamic literature in some leading American mosques.
Some suggestions for the Harvard faculty
by Star Parker
The sad truth about a society that becomes increasingly politicized by the day is that the principal victim is integrity. Thoughtfulness and honesty count for less and less and appearances count for more and more.
Believing the true believers
by Thomas Sowell
While the media have been focusing on the flap at Harvard growing out of its president's statement about the reasons for the under-representation of women in the sciences, a much worse and more revealing scandal has unfolded at the University of Seattle.
The flat tax in the old Soviet bloc
by Bruce Bartlett
On his trip to Slovakia last week, President Bush praised Prime Minister Dzurinda for the flat tax system he instituted last year.
Rodney Dangerfield at Harvard
by Suzanne Fields
Larry Summers, the president of Harvard, aspires to be the Rodney Dangerfield of academe: He don't get no respect.
The Arabs' Berlin Wall Has Crumbled
by Mark Steyn
What's Wrong With American High Schools
by Bill Gates
Sport of Kings (and Queens)
Why so few women chess masters? America's top female player ponders the question.
by Barbara D. Phillips
The 'Hotel' Lobby
After Rwanda and Iraq, Americans may demand more humanitarian interventions.
by Brendan Miniter
WSJ Editorial
Carrots for the Mullahs
A surefire path to a nuclear Iran.
Trackback to Freedom
by Joshua Livestro
Bloggers should do all they can to support the revolution in the Arab streets.
To Have and to Hold, for Richer for Poorer
by David Brooks
We Need More Speech Codes
by Douglas Kern
Perhaps a liberal society requires illiberal education.
Monday, February 28, 2005
Sign Up For Fantasy Baseball
For the fourth straight year, the Playing For Keeps league is up and running. If you'd like to play this season, sign up here. You'll need two things, the league ID # (9516) and the league password (canseco). The live draft is set for 9:30 p.m. ET, Friday, April 1.
articles 2/28
The Tipping Points
by Tom Friedman
'Delightful for Its Ordinariness'
A roundup of the past two weeks' good news from Iraq.
by Arthur Chrenkoff
High Taxes Wither Away
Former communist countries lead the way in abandoning progressivity.
Lebanese ministers resign office
Mr Karami denies any involvement in the attack on Mr HaririLebanon's Prime Minister Omar Karami has announced he and his government are resigning, two weeks after the murder of former PM Rafik Hariri.
The Peculiar Institution: Understanding Why Palestinian Terror Is Different
by Lee Harris
Terrorism is the Palestinians' peculiar institution, the way slavery was the peculiar institution of the American South in the nineteenth century. And like American slavery, Palestinian terrorism has its defenders. Lee Harris explains why those who continue to apologize or palliate Palestinian terror in any way are betraying the very people that they are claiming to support.
Are We All Happy Yet?
by Robert McHenry
Happiness surveys don't tell us anything intelligible. But even if they did, there is a deeper problem with them....
Father Knows Best?
by Sandy Szwarc
Part One of why you want your government out of your healthcare.
A Mideast Makeover?
by Jackson Diehl
NY Sun
Clinton Says Wife Would Be Good President
Minds Are Changing
by Michael Barone
The hinge of history
by Robert Novak
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's stand against embryonic stem cell research not only changes the long-range picture for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
Rolling back the tide of tyranny
by Mike S. Adams
Last semester, the faculty senate at the University of Alabama (UA) passed an Orwellian speech code designed to restrict 'any behavior that demeans or reduces an individual based on group affiliation or personal traits, or which promotes hate or discrimination.'
What's next for liberalism?
by John Leo
Question for the day: if liberalism isn’t dead, then why are autopsies performed so regularly?
Time’s up for Syria
by Peter Brookes
It should now be widely recognized that the President’s unwavering push for Muslim democracy has reaped significant results.
All wet
by George Will
In this city of histrionic architecture, the building that matters most may be the bland, low-slung headquarters of the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
NY Times
Alternate Reality Video Games Blur Many Lines
\Alternate-reality gaming blends real-life treasure hunting, interactive storytelling, video games and online community -- and may be one of the most powerful guerrilla marketing mechanisms ever invented.
Online Retailers Pursue Teenagers
Companies like Macy’s are trying to get teenagers to shop on their Web sites, using techniques that, they hope, reflect the shifting and sometimes contradictory signals of this group.
Now We Need the Media's Help in Iraq
by Iyad Allawi
Natan Sharansky: A Scorned Idealist
by Aluf Benn
Admiral Steers Support for Gays in Military
by Deb Price
The Arab Street
A vanquished cliché.
By Christopher Hitchens
Mac's Original Designer Dies
Jef Raskin, who died Saturday at 61, believed that computers should be user-friendly and affordable. Those ideas helped get Apple off the ground and changed the nature of computing forever.
Known Hole Aided T-Mobile Breach
Looks like a hacker was able to break into the wireless giant's customer records and private e-mail last year because the company neglected to patch a security hole in a commercial software package.
Wired
Mind Control
Matt Nagle is paralyzed. He's also a pioneer in the new science of brain implants.
by Tom Friedman
'Delightful for Its Ordinariness'
A roundup of the past two weeks' good news from Iraq.
by Arthur Chrenkoff
High Taxes Wither Away
Former communist countries lead the way in abandoning progressivity.
Lebanese ministers resign office
Mr Karami denies any involvement in the attack on Mr HaririLebanon's Prime Minister Omar Karami has announced he and his government are resigning, two weeks after the murder of former PM Rafik Hariri.
The Peculiar Institution: Understanding Why Palestinian Terror Is Different
by Lee Harris
Terrorism is the Palestinians' peculiar institution, the way slavery was the peculiar institution of the American South in the nineteenth century. And like American slavery, Palestinian terrorism has its defenders. Lee Harris explains why those who continue to apologize or palliate Palestinian terror in any way are betraying the very people that they are claiming to support.
Are We All Happy Yet?
by Robert McHenry
Happiness surveys don't tell us anything intelligible. But even if they did, there is a deeper problem with them....
Father Knows Best?
by Sandy Szwarc
Part One of why you want your government out of your healthcare.
A Mideast Makeover?
by Jackson Diehl
NY Sun
Clinton Says Wife Would Be Good President
Minds Are Changing
by Michael Barone
The hinge of history
by Robert Novak
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's stand against embryonic stem cell research not only changes the long-range picture for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.
Rolling back the tide of tyranny
by Mike S. Adams
Last semester, the faculty senate at the University of Alabama (UA) passed an Orwellian speech code designed to restrict 'any behavior that demeans or reduces an individual based on group affiliation or personal traits, or which promotes hate or discrimination.'
What's next for liberalism?
by John Leo
Question for the day: if liberalism isn’t dead, then why are autopsies performed so regularly?
Time’s up for Syria
by Peter Brookes
It should now be widely recognized that the President’s unwavering push for Muslim democracy has reaped significant results.
All wet
by George Will
In this city of histrionic architecture, the building that matters most may be the bland, low-slung headquarters of the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
NY Times
Alternate Reality Video Games Blur Many Lines
\Alternate-reality gaming blends real-life treasure hunting, interactive storytelling, video games and online community -- and may be one of the most powerful guerrilla marketing mechanisms ever invented.
Online Retailers Pursue Teenagers
Companies like Macy’s are trying to get teenagers to shop on their Web sites, using techniques that, they hope, reflect the shifting and sometimes contradictory signals of this group.
Now We Need the Media's Help in Iraq
by Iyad Allawi
Natan Sharansky: A Scorned Idealist
by Aluf Benn
Admiral Steers Support for Gays in Military
by Deb Price
The Arab Street
A vanquished cliché.
By Christopher Hitchens
Mac's Original Designer Dies
Jef Raskin, who died Saturday at 61, believed that computers should be user-friendly and affordable. Those ideas helped get Apple off the ground and changed the nature of computing forever.
Known Hole Aided T-Mobile Breach
Looks like a hacker was able to break into the wireless giant's customer records and private e-mail last year because the company neglected to patch a security hole in a commercial software package.
Wired
Mind Control
Matt Nagle is paralyzed. He's also a pioneer in the new science of brain implants.
Sunday, February 27, 2005
articles 2/27
NY Times Magazine
Tex Macs
McDonald's is creating its own worst enemy: a healthy burrito.
The New Wave
Why I Write
by David Warren
Time
Who Says A Woman Can't Be Einstein?
Yes, men's and women's brains are different. But new research upends the old myths about who's good at what. A tour of the ever changing brain
Newsweek
Martha Breaks Out
After five months in prison, Martha's primed and ready for her next act: two TV shows and a marketing blitz stage-managed by a new A-list team. Inside the Martha Makeover Machine
Newsweek
The True Believers
Why would anyone still be devoted to Michael Jackson? He's on trial for child molestation. He hasn't had a No. 1 hit for a decade. Look at the face. Look at the life. These hard-core fans people call Jacko's Wackos—what are they thinking? They told us.
World Magazine
Free societies vs. fear societies
Natan Sharansky discusses the prospects for democracy in the Middle East and Russia and how in President Bush he has "found another dissident"
U.S. News & World Report
Condi vs. Hillary?
Condi Rice has so wowed Washington and the world that there's new buzz she is blazing a trail to the presidency.
NY Times Magazine
The Lost Soldiers of Stalag IX-B
On the European front in the last months of World War II, the Nazis sent 350 U.S. Army prisoners of war to work in a concentration camp in eastern Germany. First on the list were all the American Jews they could find.
LA Times
Looking for the Why of Buy
Researchers scan for insight into how marketing may brand the brain's preference for products.
What Dean Means
by Matt Baih
He's a centrist, leftist, healer, divider. How fitting for today's Democratic Party.
Soft Power, Hard Truths For Europe
by Victor Davis Hanson
The War On Terror Began With Salman Rushdie
by J. Rauch
A Specter is Haunting Arabia
by Uriah Kriegel
Fear and practice have been undermined by recent events in the Middle East.
Among the Fellow Travelers
by Radley Balko
Is there still a chance for an alliance between libertarians and limited-government conservatives?
Coffee Causes Cancer! Oops, This Just In! Coffee Prevents Cancer!
by Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan
Consumers must be constantly skeptical of studies linking variable A with disease B.
President Cheney?
by Fred Barnes
Reuters
WiMax May Pose Fresh Challenge to Broadband
The Washington Doctrine
by Michael M. Rosen
What Charles Krauthammer has elegantly characterized as "democratic realism," or the solemn American obligation to...
The Sorry Fiscal Record of a "Conservative" Administration
by David Broder
NY Warms to Hillary. Is America Next?
by Andrew Sullivan
NY Times Magazine
Training Brand
A lingerie line that appeals to girls emulating women who dress like children.
Iran Nuke Program Traced to '87
New evidence shows Iran bought some equipment then, but Tehran says it was for energy generation.
Business 2.o
Luring 'Em In
Who cares about prices? Bass Pro Shops hooks customers with tuna and taxidermy.
Business 2.o
The Grocery Store of the Future
Smart shelves. Fingerprint payment systems. The store of the future is here.
Business 2.o
Executive-in-Chief
Love what George W. Bush has to say or hate it, corporate leaders can learn a lot from how he says it.
LA Times Magazine
Rock, On
Chris Rock steps onto entertainment's grandest stage tonight as host of the Academy Awards telecast. Can a gig that big turn a rebel comedian outside in?
Barry Bonds Press Conference
Transcript
Watch it
Bono's Three TED Wishes
As one of the recipients of this year's TED prize, given this week at the annual Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference, Bono was given three wishes which TED will spend $100,000 to help fulfill. Bono's wishes, as you could've guessed, were directed at getting more Americans involved in the campaign to help Africa via the ONE Campaign and specifically at connecting hospitals and schools in Ethiopia to the Internet.
Tex Macs
McDonald's is creating its own worst enemy: a healthy burrito.
The New Wave
Why I Write
by David Warren
Time
Who Says A Woman Can't Be Einstein?
Yes, men's and women's brains are different. But new research upends the old myths about who's good at what. A tour of the ever changing brain
Newsweek
Martha Breaks Out
After five months in prison, Martha's primed and ready for her next act: two TV shows and a marketing blitz stage-managed by a new A-list team. Inside the Martha Makeover Machine
Newsweek
The True Believers
Why would anyone still be devoted to Michael Jackson? He's on trial for child molestation. He hasn't had a No. 1 hit for a decade. Look at the face. Look at the life. These hard-core fans people call Jacko's Wackos—what are they thinking? They told us.
World Magazine
Free societies vs. fear societies
Natan Sharansky discusses the prospects for democracy in the Middle East and Russia and how in President Bush he has "found another dissident"
U.S. News & World Report
Condi vs. Hillary?
Condi Rice has so wowed Washington and the world that there's new buzz she is blazing a trail to the presidency.
NY Times Magazine
The Lost Soldiers of Stalag IX-B
On the European front in the last months of World War II, the Nazis sent 350 U.S. Army prisoners of war to work in a concentration camp in eastern Germany. First on the list were all the American Jews they could find.
LA Times
Looking for the Why of Buy
Researchers scan for insight into how marketing may brand the brain's preference for products.
What Dean Means
by Matt Baih
He's a centrist, leftist, healer, divider. How fitting for today's Democratic Party.
Soft Power, Hard Truths For Europe
by Victor Davis Hanson
The War On Terror Began With Salman Rushdie
by J. Rauch
A Specter is Haunting Arabia
by Uriah Kriegel
Fear and practice have been undermined by recent events in the Middle East.
Among the Fellow Travelers
by Radley Balko
Is there still a chance for an alliance between libertarians and limited-government conservatives?
Coffee Causes Cancer! Oops, This Just In! Coffee Prevents Cancer!
by Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan
Consumers must be constantly skeptical of studies linking variable A with disease B.
President Cheney?
by Fred Barnes
Reuters
WiMax May Pose Fresh Challenge to Broadband
The Washington Doctrine
by Michael M. Rosen
What Charles Krauthammer has elegantly characterized as "democratic realism," or the solemn American obligation to...
The Sorry Fiscal Record of a "Conservative" Administration
by David Broder
NY Warms to Hillary. Is America Next?
by Andrew Sullivan
NY Times Magazine
Training Brand
A lingerie line that appeals to girls emulating women who dress like children.
Iran Nuke Program Traced to '87
New evidence shows Iran bought some equipment then, but Tehran says it was for energy generation.
Business 2.o
Luring 'Em In
Who cares about prices? Bass Pro Shops hooks customers with tuna and taxidermy.
Business 2.o
The Grocery Store of the Future
Smart shelves. Fingerprint payment systems. The store of the future is here.
Business 2.o
Executive-in-Chief
Love what George W. Bush has to say or hate it, corporate leaders can learn a lot from how he says it.
LA Times Magazine
Rock, On
Chris Rock steps onto entertainment's grandest stage tonight as host of the Academy Awards telecast. Can a gig that big turn a rebel comedian outside in?
Barry Bonds Press Conference
Transcript
Watch it
Bono's Three TED Wishes
As one of the recipients of this year's TED prize, given this week at the annual Technology, Entertainment, and Design conference, Bono was given three wishes which TED will spend $100,000 to help fulfill. Bono's wishes, as you could've guessed, were directed at getting more Americans involved in the campaign to help Africa via the ONE Campaign and specifically at connecting hospitals and schools in Ethiopia to the Internet.
Saturday, February 26, 2005
articles 2/26
Why Not Here?
by David Brooks
Rule of (International) Law
Can foreign courts tell American ones how to do their job?
Telegraph
Powell criticises Iraq troop levels and rift with Europe
NY Times
Amid Uproar, Harvard's President Ponders His Style
W. Post
Frist, Hastert Differ in Style
Divergent personalities of the GOP odd couple reflect the political realities of Senate, House.
White House 2008: The Democrats
by Larry Sabato
Big Bush Thoughts in Europe
by Lawrence Kudlow
Chicago Sun-Times
Put a guy in a dentist's chair and he turns into a wimp
In a new survey of 171 Chicago area dentists, 49 percent said males are more anxious when it comes to dental appointments, while only 15 percent thought females were the scaredy-cats. "The bigger they are, the more they fear," says dentist Alice Boghosian.
WSJ
This Exclusive Club Has One Requirement: 110 Birthday Candles
Gerontology Sleuths SearchFor 'Supercentenarians';Disproving False Claims
PR Week
2005 Annual Trust Barometer.
LA Times Editorial
Bono for the World Bank
Red Carpet Blues
How Oscar fashion got so boring.
By Julia Turner
Best AL lineups: Red Sox relentless top to bottom
Best NL lineups: Cardinals 2-through-5 devasting
by Jayson Stark
Wired
Howard Stern and the Satellite Wars
He's obscene, and obscenely popular, and he's taking his smut to Sirius. Foul-mouthed blogger Wonkette (aka Ana Marie Cox) explains why the shock jock is paving the way to the on-demand media future.Plus: Your guide to satellite, HD, on-demand radio, and podcasting.
Wired
The Resurrection of Indie Radio
FM never sounded so good. How the coming digital boom is driving the new golden age of multichannel, microniche broadcasting.
Wired
Adam Curry Wants to Make You an iPod Radio Star
MTV refugee Adam Curry is leading a grassroots revolt called podcasting. Why amateurs may soon rule the airwaves (begin download now).
by David Brooks
Rule of (International) Law
Can foreign courts tell American ones how to do their job?
Telegraph
Powell criticises Iraq troop levels and rift with Europe
NY Times
Amid Uproar, Harvard's President Ponders His Style
W. Post
Frist, Hastert Differ in Style
Divergent personalities of the GOP odd couple reflect the political realities of Senate, House.
White House 2008: The Democrats
by Larry Sabato
Big Bush Thoughts in Europe
by Lawrence Kudlow
Chicago Sun-Times
Put a guy in a dentist's chair and he turns into a wimp
In a new survey of 171 Chicago area dentists, 49 percent said males are more anxious when it comes to dental appointments, while only 15 percent thought females were the scaredy-cats. "The bigger they are, the more they fear," says dentist Alice Boghosian.
WSJ
This Exclusive Club Has One Requirement: 110 Birthday Candles
Gerontology Sleuths SearchFor 'Supercentenarians';Disproving False Claims
PR Week
2005 Annual Trust Barometer.
LA Times Editorial
Bono for the World Bank
Red Carpet Blues
How Oscar fashion got so boring.
By Julia Turner
Best AL lineups: Red Sox relentless top to bottom
Best NL lineups: Cardinals 2-through-5 devasting
by Jayson Stark
Wired
Howard Stern and the Satellite Wars
He's obscene, and obscenely popular, and he's taking his smut to Sirius. Foul-mouthed blogger Wonkette (aka Ana Marie Cox) explains why the shock jock is paving the way to the on-demand media future.Plus: Your guide to satellite, HD, on-demand radio, and podcasting.
Wired
The Resurrection of Indie Radio
FM never sounded so good. How the coming digital boom is driving the new golden age of multichannel, microniche broadcasting.
Wired
Adam Curry Wants to Make You an iPod Radio Star
MTV refugee Adam Curry is leading a grassroots revolt called podcasting. Why amateurs may soon rule the airwaves (begin download now).
Friday, February 25, 2005
articles 2/25
Der Spiegel
Could George W. Bush Be Right?
By Claus Christian Malzahn in Berlin
Germany loves to criticize US President George W. Bush's Middle East policies -- just like Germany loved to criticize former President Ronald Reagan. But Reagan, when he demanded that Gorbachev remove the Berlin Wall, turned out to be right. Could history repeat itself?
AP
U.S. Economy Grew Better Than Expected in 4th Quarter
The economy grew at a solid 3.8 percent annual rate in the final quarter of 2004 — stronger than previously estimated.
The War on the War on Poverty
Bush's theory of domestic policy is more profound than "compassionate conservatism."
by Myron Magnet
Facing Evil
"Hotel Rwanda" forces a look at mass murder.
by Daniel Henninger
Chris Rock
The William F-ing Buckley of stand-up.
By John Swansburg
Comeback Kid
Newt Gingrich's new book has much pretension, few details, and 2008 written all over it.
by Alexander Barnes Dryer
Leaving Gaza
by Charles Krauthammer
On Sunday, Feb. 20, Israel crossed two Rubicons. The Cabinet decided once and for all to withdraw from Gaza and dismantle 25 settlements -- 21 in Gaza and 4 in the upper West Bank.
Hillary the Chameleon
by David Limbaugh
I have always considered Hillary Clinton a formidable politician, but I haven't really feared a Hillary presidency because I haven't thought she was electable. I'm not quite as sure anymore.
All cowboys now
by Austin Bay
For democracies that shirked the showdown in Iraq, George Bush's remarks are gentle acid, but it is medicine Old Europe knows it has to swallow.
American Politics In The Networking Era
by Michael Barone
Wired.com
Watchdogs Sniff Out Terror Sites
Internet Haganah is taking the fight against terrorism online, and it's been able to shut down -- at least temporarily -- hundreds of sites through pressure on ISPs.
By John Lasker.
AP
Anglican Leaders Seek Split Over Gay Issue
Anglican leaders struggling to resolve explosive differences over homosexuality have asked the U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada to temporarily withdraw from a key council of their global communion because of the election of a gay bishop in the United States and the blessing of same-sex unions there and in Canada.
Is the Marine Corps P.C.?
by Mona Charen
Second Lt. Ilario Pantano was making a six-figure income as an energy trader with Goldman Sachs in New York when the World Trade Center was attacked.
Merchants of Despair
Sort of for the war, sort of
by Victor Davis Hanson
Snake Charmer
Note to GWB: All them vipers are deaf.
Hate Slime
The Orwellian new law that wasn't.
By Dahlia Lithwick
Fortune
You're a CEO, Baby!
A baby speaks nonsense, but its handlers don't seem to notice. Sound like anyone you know?
NY Times
For a Start-Up, Visions of Profit in Podcasting
The primarily amateur Internet audio medium known as podcasting will take a small, hopeful step on Friday toward becoming the commercial Web's next big thing.
New power at shortstop shouldn't devalue Larkin's achievements
by Ken Rosenthal
Barry Larkin's career statistics are better than Alan Trammell's, but not dramatically better. Both belong in the Hall of Fame -- baseball historian Bill James rates Larkin sixth all-time among major league shortstops and Trammell ninth. It will be a shame if the recent emergence of several top sluggers at the position reduces the chances of either reaching Cooperstown.
Even with testing, offenses will be pumped up
by Ken Rosenthal
The silliest assumption I've heard in spring training is that offense will decline because Major League Baseball is adopting tougher steroid testing.
Could George W. Bush Be Right?
By Claus Christian Malzahn in Berlin
Germany loves to criticize US President George W. Bush's Middle East policies -- just like Germany loved to criticize former President Ronald Reagan. But Reagan, when he demanded that Gorbachev remove the Berlin Wall, turned out to be right. Could history repeat itself?
AP
U.S. Economy Grew Better Than Expected in 4th Quarter
The economy grew at a solid 3.8 percent annual rate in the final quarter of 2004 — stronger than previously estimated.
The War on the War on Poverty
Bush's theory of domestic policy is more profound than "compassionate conservatism."
by Myron Magnet
Facing Evil
"Hotel Rwanda" forces a look at mass murder.
by Daniel Henninger
Chris Rock
The William F-ing Buckley of stand-up.
By John Swansburg
Comeback Kid
Newt Gingrich's new book has much pretension, few details, and 2008 written all over it.
by Alexander Barnes Dryer
Leaving Gaza
by Charles Krauthammer
On Sunday, Feb. 20, Israel crossed two Rubicons. The Cabinet decided once and for all to withdraw from Gaza and dismantle 25 settlements -- 21 in Gaza and 4 in the upper West Bank.
Hillary the Chameleon
by David Limbaugh
I have always considered Hillary Clinton a formidable politician, but I haven't really feared a Hillary presidency because I haven't thought she was electable. I'm not quite as sure anymore.
All cowboys now
by Austin Bay
For democracies that shirked the showdown in Iraq, George Bush's remarks are gentle acid, but it is medicine Old Europe knows it has to swallow.
American Politics In The Networking Era
by Michael Barone
Wired.com
Watchdogs Sniff Out Terror Sites
Internet Haganah is taking the fight against terrorism online, and it's been able to shut down -- at least temporarily -- hundreds of sites through pressure on ISPs.
By John Lasker.
AP
Anglican Leaders Seek Split Over Gay Issue
Anglican leaders struggling to resolve explosive differences over homosexuality have asked the U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada to temporarily withdraw from a key council of their global communion because of the election of a gay bishop in the United States and the blessing of same-sex unions there and in Canada.
Is the Marine Corps P.C.?
by Mona Charen
Second Lt. Ilario Pantano was making a six-figure income as an energy trader with Goldman Sachs in New York when the World Trade Center was attacked.
Merchants of Despair
Sort of for the war, sort of
by Victor Davis Hanson
Snake Charmer
Note to GWB: All them vipers are deaf.
Hate Slime
The Orwellian new law that wasn't.
By Dahlia Lithwick
Fortune
You're a CEO, Baby!
A baby speaks nonsense, but its handlers don't seem to notice. Sound like anyone you know?
NY Times
For a Start-Up, Visions of Profit in Podcasting
The primarily amateur Internet audio medium known as podcasting will take a small, hopeful step on Friday toward becoming the commercial Web's next big thing.
New power at shortstop shouldn't devalue Larkin's achievements
by Ken Rosenthal
Barry Larkin's career statistics are better than Alan Trammell's, but not dramatically better. Both belong in the Hall of Fame -- baseball historian Bill James rates Larkin sixth all-time among major league shortstops and Trammell ninth. It will be a shame if the recent emergence of several top sluggers at the position reduces the chances of either reaching Cooperstown.
Even with testing, offenses will be pumped up
by Ken Rosenthal
The silliest assumption I've heard in spring training is that offense will decline because Major League Baseball is adopting tougher steroid testing.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
articles 2/24
NY Times
Sad, Lonely? For a Good Time, Call Vivienne*
Men, are you tired of the time and trouble of having a girlfriend? Software maker Artificial Life Inc. has the answer: a virtual girlfriend named Vivienne.
Rappers and Bloggers
Separated at birth!
By Josh Levin
WSJ Editorial
The Good Intifada
How to pressure Syria to get out of Lebanon.
The Honorable Newt Gingrich
(Video of February 19 Speech to CPAC)
I'll Link to That
Hunter Thompson, Larry Summers, Hillary, Condi and the Internet's patron saint.
by Peggy Noonan
Allies and Allies
It's worth remembering that America has important friends outside of Europe.
by Tom Donnelly
Beirut's Berlin Wall
by David Ignatius
Dumb and Dumber: Revisiting Conservatives as the Stupid Party
by Orrin C. Judd
The tactical and strategic blunders of the Democratic Party over the last few years have been so spectacular that it may be time to reconsider the intellectual wattage of the respective parties.
NY Times
From Psst to Oops: Secret Taper of Bush Says History Can Wait
Doug Wead pledged to turn over to President Bush the tapes on which he secretly recorded some of their phone calls.
Origins of the Post-Democratic Democrats
by Carroll Andrew Morse
How did one of history's original democratic political parties become so indifferent to the cause of democracy?
The Ward Churchill money trail
by Joel Mowbray
The Center that honored 'little Eichmanns' book from Colorado professor is sponsored by mainstays of the American left.
'60 Minutes' wacky piece on black/white adoptions
by Larry Elder
'60 Minutes' strikes again. Earlier this month, the program broadcast a segment on international, 'transracial' (black/white) adoptions involving American-born babies.
Latin America's infection
by Robert Novak
When Gen. Omar Halleslevens was installed Monday in Managua as chief of the Nicaraguan army, the U.S. government was represented by a mere major at the change-of-command ceremony.
Taking the streets back
by George Will
In an American city, as in Baghdad, which is about the size of Chicago, the key to policing against violence is intelligence and other cooperation from a population that trusts the police.
Social Security deceit
by Walter E. Williams
President Bush's call to allow Americans to take a portion of the money they pay as Social Security taxes to set up private retirement accounts has to be a good idea. Why?
Bob and Carl's imaginary friend
by Jonah Goldberg
I have a request to make of William Rehnquist, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Robert Bork, George Bush Sr., Al Haig and a host of other Washington graybeards.
Ward Churchill, Lawrence Summers, and the hypocrisy of the academics
by Ben Shapiro
Quick quiz: which of these two statements do you find more offensive?
Fides et Internetum
Pope John Paul II takes on media, Old and New.
by Hugh Hewitt
Bush's Mad Cap Idea
by Lawrence Kudlow
L.A. Confidential
Edward Jay Epstein's new book, The Big Picture, uncovers Hollywood's dirtiest secret: the real economics of moviemaking.
by Jonathan V. Last
Wilmington News-Journal
Chase execs upbeat about Del. division
Credit card business expected to grow
Give a Little
By Bono
Religion News Service
Calvin College on U2
College class on U2 explores religious influence of a rock band.
The New Paper
He Brought U2 to the Joshua Tree
Sad, Lonely? For a Good Time, Call Vivienne*
Men, are you tired of the time and trouble of having a girlfriend? Software maker Artificial Life Inc. has the answer: a virtual girlfriend named Vivienne.
Rappers and Bloggers
Separated at birth!
By Josh Levin
WSJ Editorial
The Good Intifada
How to pressure Syria to get out of Lebanon.
The Honorable Newt Gingrich
(Video of February 19 Speech to CPAC)
I'll Link to That
Hunter Thompson, Larry Summers, Hillary, Condi and the Internet's patron saint.
by Peggy Noonan
Allies and Allies
It's worth remembering that America has important friends outside of Europe.
by Tom Donnelly
Beirut's Berlin Wall
by David Ignatius
Dumb and Dumber: Revisiting Conservatives as the Stupid Party
by Orrin C. Judd
The tactical and strategic blunders of the Democratic Party over the last few years have been so spectacular that it may be time to reconsider the intellectual wattage of the respective parties.
NY Times
From Psst to Oops: Secret Taper of Bush Says History Can Wait
Doug Wead pledged to turn over to President Bush the tapes on which he secretly recorded some of their phone calls.
Origins of the Post-Democratic Democrats
by Carroll Andrew Morse
How did one of history's original democratic political parties become so indifferent to the cause of democracy?
The Ward Churchill money trail
by Joel Mowbray
The Center that honored 'little Eichmanns' book from Colorado professor is sponsored by mainstays of the American left.
'60 Minutes' wacky piece on black/white adoptions
by Larry Elder
'60 Minutes' strikes again. Earlier this month, the program broadcast a segment on international, 'transracial' (black/white) adoptions involving American-born babies.
Latin America's infection
by Robert Novak
When Gen. Omar Halleslevens was installed Monday in Managua as chief of the Nicaraguan army, the U.S. government was represented by a mere major at the change-of-command ceremony.
Taking the streets back
by George Will
In an American city, as in Baghdad, which is about the size of Chicago, the key to policing against violence is intelligence and other cooperation from a population that trusts the police.
Social Security deceit
by Walter E. Williams
President Bush's call to allow Americans to take a portion of the money they pay as Social Security taxes to set up private retirement accounts has to be a good idea. Why?
Bob and Carl's imaginary friend
by Jonah Goldberg
I have a request to make of William Rehnquist, Bob Dole, Henry Kissinger, Robert Bork, George Bush Sr., Al Haig and a host of other Washington graybeards.
Ward Churchill, Lawrence Summers, and the hypocrisy of the academics
by Ben Shapiro
Quick quiz: which of these two statements do you find more offensive?
Fides et Internetum
Pope John Paul II takes on media, Old and New.
by Hugh Hewitt
Bush's Mad Cap Idea
by Lawrence Kudlow
L.A. Confidential
Edward Jay Epstein's new book, The Big Picture, uncovers Hollywood's dirtiest secret: the real economics of moviemaking.
by Jonathan V. Last
Wilmington News-Journal
Chase execs upbeat about Del. division
Credit card business expected to grow
Give a Little
By Bono
Religion News Service
Calvin College on U2
College class on U2 explores religious influence of a rock band.
The New Paper
He Brought U2 to the Joshua Tree
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Tuesday, February 22, 2005
articles 2/22
NY Sun
Harvard President Faces New Round Of Criticism Over Speech on Gender
NY Sun Editorial
The Soul of Harvard
Summers' School
What the Harvard president learned from his critics.
By Meghan O'Rourke
The Girls of Summers
hat Harvard's president and his critics got wrong.
By William Saletan
Piss Off
A Belgian novelty shows what the good people of Brussels really think about George W. Bush.
by Paul Belien
The End of the Counter-Culture
Hunter S. Thompson, 1939 - 2005.
by Stephen Schwartz
Fear and Loathing
My night with Hunter Thompson.
By Austin Ruse
As Gonzo in Life as in His Work
Hunter S. Thompson died as he lived.
by Tom Wolfe
QVC, Here I Come!
Can I get my brilliant new product—Hairmuffs—on home shopping television?
By Emily Yoffe
Kyoto and the End of Hot Air
The Kyoto Protocols have gone into effect which is, believe it or not, good for everybody.
by Irwin M. Stelzer
Law and Borders
The conservative case for Bush's immigration plan.
by Tamar Jacoby
AP
JPMorgan Keeps Visa, MasterCard Logos
JPMorgan Chase & Co. to Continue Issuing Visa, MasterCard Cards, Retains Seats on Visa's Board
Reuters
JPMorgan to stay with both Visa, MasterCard
AP
Starbucks To Offer Different Kind Of Kick
Starbucks Coffee Liqueur
It's Time For All To Come Clean
If it leads to some straight answers, give players who speak about steriods immunity.
by Buster Olney
LA Times
He Will Do It His Way
New Dodger 'cornerstone' J.D. Drew is eager to bring his deliberate approach to Los Angeles.
Harvard President Faces New Round Of Criticism Over Speech on Gender
NY Sun Editorial
The Soul of Harvard
Summers' School
What the Harvard president learned from his critics.
By Meghan O'Rourke
The Girls of Summers
hat Harvard's president and his critics got wrong.
By William Saletan
Piss Off
A Belgian novelty shows what the good people of Brussels really think about George W. Bush.
by Paul Belien
The End of the Counter-Culture
Hunter S. Thompson, 1939 - 2005.
by Stephen Schwartz
Fear and Loathing
My night with Hunter Thompson.
By Austin Ruse
As Gonzo in Life as in His Work
Hunter S. Thompson died as he lived.
by Tom Wolfe
QVC, Here I Come!
Can I get my brilliant new product—Hairmuffs—on home shopping television?
By Emily Yoffe
Kyoto and the End of Hot Air
The Kyoto Protocols have gone into effect which is, believe it or not, good for everybody.
by Irwin M. Stelzer
Law and Borders
The conservative case for Bush's immigration plan.
by Tamar Jacoby
AP
JPMorgan Keeps Visa, MasterCard Logos
JPMorgan Chase & Co. to Continue Issuing Visa, MasterCard Cards, Retains Seats on Visa's Board
Reuters
JPMorgan to stay with both Visa, MasterCard
AP
Starbucks To Offer Different Kind Of Kick
Starbucks Coffee Liqueur
It's Time For All To Come Clean
If it leads to some straight answers, give players who speak about steriods immunity.
by Buster Olney
LA Times
He Will Do It His Way
New Dodger 'cornerstone' J.D. Drew is eager to bring his deliberate approach to Los Angeles.
Monday, February 21, 2005
Seven Deadly Sins
The Seven Deadly Sins are Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Lust, Avarice, and Gluttony, traditionally remembered with the aid of the acronym PEWSLAG. Well, goodbye PEWSLAG, hello CABDHGS. A polling organization in Britain asked a thousand citizens to modernize the list. The new deadlies are, in descending order of sinfulness: Cruelty, Adultery, Bigotry, Dishonesty, Hypocrisy, Greed, and Selfishness. Note the interesting shift of emphasis visible here. Formerly the essence of sin lay in offending God by failing to curb one’s lower nature. Nowadays sin means causing pain or mental distress to other people. To put it another way, virtue used to consist in moral cultivation of the self; now it consists in being nice. Something has been lost here, surely. -- FEBRUARY 28, 2005 VOL. LVII, NO. 3, National Review
Sunday, February 20, 2005
articles 2/20
NY Times
In Secretly Taped Conversations, Glimpses of the Future President
U.S. News & World Report
Mysteries of the mind
Your unconscious is making your everyday decisions
Making those choices about right and wrong
Books & Culture
The Real Life of an At-Home Mother
Desperate housewives.
U.S. News & World Report
Tying a tight knot
the Marshalls had entered a covenant marriage, a more restrictive contract that Arkansas began offering in 2001. Learning that the marriage could be dissolved only after couples counseling and a two-year separation, LaRon remembers his initial reaction: "Looks like I'm kind of locked up in this . . . for life." Through six months of counseling with a Full Council pastor, the couple learned "to stop acting separately and to start doing things as a family," says Faranda, who's now pregnant with the couple's second child.
LA Times
W. Post
CIA to Cede President's Brief to Negroponte
White House Decision Seen as Signal to Intelligence Community on New Post
San Diego Union-Tribune
Q&A With Richard Perle
AP
Iran readies for feared attack by U.S.
Iran has begun preparing for a possible U.S. attack, announcing efforts to bolster and mobilize recruits in citizens' militias and making plans to engage in the type of "asymmetrical" warfare used against American troops in neighboring Iraq.
NY Times
Fighting Words
Defiant, resentful, scared, soldiers in Iraq are turning to a powerful new weapon: rap.
In the Midst of Budget Decadence, a Leader Will Arise
by David Brooks
Now Dean Has the Power. What Will He Do?
by John Nichols, The Nation
Unsung Victories
by Victor Davis Hanson
The Millionaire Next Door vs. the Politician in Washington
by Arnold Kling
The values war: between a group whose core values are thrift and self-reliance and a group whose core values are paternalism and redistribution.
'The Duty of the Opposition Is...'
by Pejman Yousefzadeh
What makes a creditable opposition party?
Not Much Left
by Martin Peretz
Liberals have a problem: They have run out of big ideas.
NY Times
Tired of TiVo? Beyond Blogs? Podcasts Are Here
Enthusiasts of all sorts are creating their own broadcasts, or "podcasts" on computers and then posting them to a Web site.
A Bono-fied religion
By Geoff Boucher
VH-1
Grammys, Shmammys
U2's Bono Scores Another Nobel Peace Prize Nomination
The Juice and I
Jose Canseco and steroids, a love story.
By Bryan Curtis
Wild Winter Induces Spring Fever
by Jayson Stark
Marriage Partnership
The Best Sex (Survey) Ever!
Ever wondered how your sex life compares to that of other readers? Sure, you have! So read on.
Marriage Partnership
Exposed!
How marriage uncovers the sin in our lives—and why that's a good thing.
In Secretly Taped Conversations, Glimpses of the Future President
U.S. News & World Report
Mysteries of the mind
Your unconscious is making your everyday decisions
Making those choices about right and wrong
Books & Culture
The Real Life of an At-Home Mother
Desperate housewives.
U.S. News & World Report
Tying a tight knot
the Marshalls had entered a covenant marriage, a more restrictive contract that Arkansas began offering in 2001. Learning that the marriage could be dissolved only after couples counseling and a two-year separation, LaRon remembers his initial reaction: "Looks like I'm kind of locked up in this . . . for life." Through six months of counseling with a Full Council pastor, the couple learned "to stop acting separately and to start doing things as a family," says Faranda, who's now pregnant with the couple's second child.
LA Times
Sen. Kerry goes against precedent, getting back in the political spotlight in a leadership role.
W. Post
CIA to Cede President's Brief to Negroponte
White House Decision Seen as Signal to Intelligence Community on New Post
San Diego Union-Tribune
Q&A With Richard Perle
AP
Iran readies for feared attack by U.S.
Iran has begun preparing for a possible U.S. attack, announcing efforts to bolster and mobilize recruits in citizens' militias and making plans to engage in the type of "asymmetrical" warfare used against American troops in neighboring Iraq.
NY Times
Fighting Words
Defiant, resentful, scared, soldiers in Iraq are turning to a powerful new weapon: rap.
In the Midst of Budget Decadence, a Leader Will Arise
by David Brooks
Now Dean Has the Power. What Will He Do?
by John Nichols, The Nation
Unsung Victories
by Victor Davis Hanson
The Millionaire Next Door vs. the Politician in Washington
by Arnold Kling
The values war: between a group whose core values are thrift and self-reliance and a group whose core values are paternalism and redistribution.
'The Duty of the Opposition Is...'
by Pejman Yousefzadeh
What makes a creditable opposition party?
Not Much Left
by Martin Peretz
Liberals have a problem: They have run out of big ideas.
NY Times
Tired of TiVo? Beyond Blogs? Podcasts Are Here
Enthusiasts of all sorts are creating their own broadcasts, or "podcasts" on computers and then posting them to a Web site.
A Bono-fied religion
By Geoff Boucher
VH-1
Grammys, Shmammys
U2's Bono Scores Another Nobel Peace Prize Nomination
The Juice and I
Jose Canseco and steroids, a love story.
By Bryan Curtis
Wild Winter Induces Spring Fever
by Jayson Stark
Marriage Partnership
The Best Sex (Survey) Ever!
Ever wondered how your sex life compares to that of other readers? Sure, you have! So read on.
Marriage Partnership
Exposed!
How marriage uncovers the sin in our lives—and why that's a good thing.
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